Authorities cracking down on companies hiring employees without work authorization
FOX31 Denver
[{'start': '1.734', 'end': '5.605', 'text': "COURTROOM FOR THAT MUCH MORE   IN A LIVE REPORT WITH HER   COMING UP AT 5.   >> WELL, NEW HERE AT 4 O'CLOCK   FOX. 31 IS DIGGING DEEPER   AFTER LEARNING ICE PUT LOCAL   COMPANIES ON NOTICE LIVING   MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FINES   FOR HIRING EMPLOYEE AUTHOR AS   WORKERS ARTICLE FIERRO SAT   DOWN WITH HOMELAND SECURITY   INVESTIGATIONS, ASSISTANT   SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE AND   THE HEAD OF THE IMMIGRATION   FROM THE COREY ON COVERING   TODAY.   >> YOU KNOW, WE ARE LEARNING   THAT AS THESE INVESTIGATIONS,   THEY GIVE THESE COMPANIES 3   DAYS NOTICE TO TELL THEM   THERE'S GOING TO BE AND ON IT   HAPPENING WITH THEIR EYE   NINE'S. ALSO, WE ARE HEARING   FROM HOMELAND SECURITY THAT   THESE INVESTIGATIONS, OUR   PRIORITY RIGHT NOW.   >> NEWS OF ICE, DENVER LEVYING   A MILLION DOLLARS IN FINES AND   LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR HIRING   AND EMPLOYING UNAUTHORIZED   WORKERS BROUGHT US IN FRONT OF   CHARLES SINGLE ACTING DEPUTY   SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE FOR   DENVER'S OFFICE FOR HOMELAND   SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS WERE   LOOKING OUT FOR THAT FOR THE   WORKFORCE. WE'RE LOOKING OUT   FOR AMERICAN INDUSTRY. THE   AMERICAN BUSINESS.   >> AND THE AMERICAN WE WANT TO   DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS   COUNTRY AND FOR THE MARKET AT   THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT   ANYBODY VICTIMIZED EVEN WE   DON'T WANT ANYBODY BE   EXPLOITED. AND SO WE ALSO ARE   LOOKING OUT FOR THE   UNAUTHORIZED WORKER THAT MAY   BE A VICTIM IN THIS CASE. THE   NEWS NOT SURPRISING TO   IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY MATTHEW   BERINGER. I WOULD SAY THAT THE   REASONING BEHIND IT IS TO   HAVE, AS I SAID, A CHILLING   EFFECT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO   COME INTO UNITED STATES   BECAUSE NOW IT'S NOT TO SAY.   >> NOT ONLY WILL WE ARREST,   YOU WILL REMOVE YOU.   >> BUT YOU CAN'T GET WORK   HERE. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS   WHY HSI ICE, ALL THE DIFFERENT   AGENCIES, HOMELAND SECURITY   THAT ARE THAT ARE TASKED WITH   CARRYING OUT THE   ADMINISTRATION'S ORDERS.   THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS.   YOU KNOW, EMPLOYERS HAVE TO   FOLLOW THE BUSINESSES HAVE TO   BE COMPLIANCE.   >> WE DON'T THEY DON'T WANT.   WE DON'T WANT TO CLOSE   BUSINESSES DOWN. THEY DON'T   WANT TO SHUTTER THEIR DOORS.   WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE LAWFULLY   EMPLOYED. IT'S NOT A SCARE   TACTIC. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF   OUR CORE MISSIONS FOR YEARS.   AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THIS,   BUT IT COULD BE GETTING   BIGGER. NOW.   >> AGAIN, AS PRIORITY. YEAH, I   WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE TRYING   SPRINT EXPAND THAT FOOTPRINT   AND AND WORK HARDER FERRET OUT   SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT   ARE DOING THIS.   >> NOW WITH THIS HAPPENING   MORE, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT   OTHER INDUSTRIES COULD BE   IMPACTED NEXT. HOW THESE   INVESTIGATIONS COME ABOUT AND   WHAT HAPPENS DURING THEM.   WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT IN   OUR NEXT PA"}]