The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency issued new guidelines to field offices to specifically instruct agents to step up worksite enforcement on employers. The guidance seeks to refocus agents on employer enforcement because ICE believes that efforts focused on employers is the best way to fight what many consider to be one of the leading causes of illegal immigration.
The guidance urges agents to "prioritize the criminal prosecution of actual employers who knowingly hire illegal workers" and to use administrative tools such as I-9 audits, civil fines and debarment proceedings to further these efforts. This effort specifically seeks to reprioritize ICE's efforts to emphasize criminal prosecutions.
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