DHS and ICE Announce Record Figures for Fiscal Year 2010 Including 500 Percent Increase in Worksite Enforcement Penalties and Near Doubling of I-9 Audits

By Thomas Ahearn, ESR News Blog Recently, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced that ICE worksite enforcement statistics climbed to historically high record numbers in Fiscal Year 2010 – from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010 – with more audits of…