According to testimony delivered by Janet Napolitano to Congress in October 2011, since 2009, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has audited more than 6,000 employers, debarred 441 companies from federal contract positions, and imposed more than $76 million in financial sanctions against companies suspected of hiring illegal labor. This is more than the total number of audits and debarments during the entire previous administration.
Furthermore, the restructuring of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) into three divisions and the development of ICE created the opportunity for concentrated efforts by the federal government to bring criminal sanctions against employers who either knew or possessed constructive knowledge that they employed or contracted for the services of illegal foreign workers. Now, not only are employers subject to traditional civil fines and criminal indictments for illegal hiring practices, but they also face the new possibility of felony criminal charges for alien harboring and alien smuggling.
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