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Allows deportation of any illegal alien convicted of driving under the influence (DUI). Adds human trafficking and human smuggling to the money-laundering statute. Increases penalties for employing illegal workers to $7,500 for first time offenses, $15,000 for second offenses, and $40,000 for all subsequent offenses.
Self-employment in cottage industries is often unreported at first. A home cook, for example, may sell a few pies to friends and co-workers without filing necessary sales taxes or self-employment taxes. Although that is usually illegal, it may lead to a legitimate and beneficial business and is often how small businesses are started.
More than 120 businesses received civil penalties for employing people illegally in the past week.
On December 16, 2005, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4437, which solely focused on US-Mexican border security and penalties for employers, smugglers, and those, such as churches and charity workers, providing assistance to illegal immigrants. One of the most controversial aspects of the house bill aimed to change illegal presence in ...
The measure would hold bad actors accountable and double statutory and civil penalties for employers who are willfully violating the law. This lawsuit-first approach is failing California workers ...
Domestic service, agricultural work (primarily including migrants), sweatshop labor, and restaurant or hospital work comprise the most common sectors in which labor trafficking arises; domestic service is reported to harbor 27.7% of labor trafficking victims, agriculture with 10.4%, sweatshop work with 4.8%, and restaurant and hotel work with 3.8%.
The penalty for illegal activity, including firing workers for engaging in protected activity, is so weak that it does little to deter law breakers. Even when employers don't break the law, the process itself stacks the deck against union supporters.
"If an employer hires an illegal worker now they can get fined £45,000 for every illegal worker and if they offend again it could be £60,000," said Mr Johnson.