![]() ![]() Actual involvement of unauthorized aliens.However, violations occurring on or after March 27, 2008, are subject to a maximum fine of $16,000.įactors considered in determining the fines include the following: Fines for knowingly hiring undocumented workers can be up to $11,000 for each worker. ![]() Employers are given a ten-day window to cure technical and procedural I-9 violations and a five-year statute of limitations period applies to substantive I-9 errors. ![]() For I-9 paperwork violations, fines range from $110 to $1,100 per employee involved. A maximum penalty of six months imprisonment and a fine of $3,000 per worker may be imposed. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 imposed civil and criminal fines for the unlawful hiring of aliens. District Court in for routinely employing undocumented aliens in his properties. For instance, in 2010, a Columbus, Ohio developer was sentenced to two years probation and fined in U.S. However, since 2006, the government shifted its efforts to prosecuting employers and charging them with criminal liability. An example of civil fines that happened within the last three years is the 2007 Ohio chicken plant raid that culminated in the arrest of certain supervisors of that factory and the ultimate imposition of a $536,000 fine. The prior focus of the US government in discouraging the employment of undocumented workers was to impose civil fines on employers who are found to have a pattern and practice of hiring such workers. Consequences of Employing Undocumented Workers ![]()
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