Where immigration employment investigations could ramp up
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[{'start': '3.236', 'end': '8.307', 'text': "DENVER, I'M HANNAH POWERS. FOX   31 NOT THANK YOU, FOX. 31 NOW   DIGGING DEEPER AFTER LEARNING   ICE PUT LOCAL COMPANIES ON   NOTICE LETTING MILLIONS OF   DOLLARS IN FINES FOR ALLEGEDLY   HIRING EMPLOYING UNAUTHORIZED   WORKERS.   >> NICOLE FIERRO SAT DOWN WITH   THE HOMELAND SECURITY   INVESTIGATIONS, ASSISTANT   SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE AND   THE HEAD OF AN IMMIGRATION   FROM. SHE JOINS US LIVE NOW   WITH WHAT SHE'S UNCOVERED.   NICOLE.    >> YEAH, WE BROUGHT YOU THE   WORDS STRAIGHT FROM HOMELAND   SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS AT FOR   THAT. THIS WORK IS A PRIORITY.   NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT   OTHER INDUSTRIES WE CAN SEE   THE SUN AND WHY.   >> 3 LOCAL COMPANIES PUT ON   NOTICE ICE INTENDING TO FIND   MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR HIRING   AND EMPLOYING UNAUTHORIZED   WORKERS. AFTER I 9 AUDITS   WHICH EVERY BUSINESS COULD BE   SUBJECT TO. IF WE GET TIPS, WE   GET INFORMATION. WE'RE GOING   TO INVESTIGATE THAT. CHARLES   SINGLE ACTING DEPUTY SPECIAL   AGENT IN CHARGE FOR DENVER'S   OFFICE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY   LAYS OUT THE WHY AND HOW WE   DON'T WANT TO ONE BUSINESS   HAVE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE WITH   ANOTHER BUSINESS BECAUSE THEIR   PLANT.   >> PAYING SOMEBODY $5 AN HOUR   OR THEY'RE NOT GIVING THEM   FULL BENEFITS WHERE OTHER   BUSINESSES ARE. WE REALLY   TARGET BUSINESSES THAT ARE   CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE   THEY'RE PLAYING IT. ILLEGAL   ALIENS, KIRKLAND STRUCTURE. WE   LOOK AT THOSE BUSINESSES AND   IN OUR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.   ANY OTHER COMPANY THAT WE GET   A LEAD FOR THE ARE YOU SEEING   CERTAIN AREAS WHERE MORE TIPS   COME ABOUT? I MEAN, I KNOW.   >> THEY'RE TYPICALLY   CONSTRUCTION FARMING. LIKE ARE   THESE AREAS WHERE   INVESTIGATIONS COULD BE BIGGER   ARE OR WHAT AREAS OF THE   BIGGEST ONES? SO SORT OF WHAT   YOUR EXACT WHAT YOU JUST SAID,   RIGHT? A LOT OF TIMES IT'S   LESS SKILLED LABOR. IT'S IT'S   IN THOSE INDUSTRIES A LOT OF   TIMES. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING   TO FOCUS TO THINGS THAT MAY   IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.   >> IT'S AN INDUSTRY WHERE   THERE COULD BE LABOR HAZARDS,   THAT THEY CAN CREATE DANGEROUS   WORK ENVIRONMENT. WE WANT TO   PROTECT THOSE THOSE   UNAUTHORIZED WORKERS ANGLE   TELLS US THE I 9   INVESTIGATIONS OFF TO COME   FROM TIPS FROM COMMUNITY   MEMBERS OR OTHER BUSINESSES   WERE JUST NOT ARBITRARILY   GOING OUT.   >> AND TARGETING EVERY   BUSINESS. WE DON'T HAVE THE   BANDWIDTH OF THE TIME. THAT'S   WHERE THE I 9 AUDITS COME IN.   WE SAID OFTENTIMES WE SEE   STOLEN SOCIAL SECURITY   NUMBERS. SO SECURITY CARDS.   >> AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AND   OFTEN PEOPLE GET JOBS. THEY   MAKE IT BACK OUT TO ME. GET   CREDIT THAT MAY DAMAGE THOSE   INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE THOSE   DOCUMENTS AND IDENTITIES   BELONG TO. SO IT'S ALSO   IMPORTANT FOR US TO TO LOOK   INTO FRAUD DOCUMENTS FROM DOC   INVESTIGATIONS IN THESE CASES   WORK. WE TALKED IMMIGRATION   ATTORNEY MATTHEW BEAR INJURE   ABOUT WE CAN'T BE SURPRISED.   THIS IS PART AND PARCEL IN MY   VIEW INFORCEMENT THAT THE   ADMINISTRATION IS CARRYING OUT   AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY.   THIS IS TOO   >> TO HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT   FOR INDIVIDUALS.   >> YEAH. NOW YOU SEE NATIONAL   HEADLINES TODAY. THEY'RE   TALKING ABOUT JBS PLANTS IN   TEXAS AND PEOPLE WORRY THAT   THERE'S GOING TO BE RAIDS   THERE. WELL, WE HAVE A PLANT   HERE IN GREELEY. SO I ASKED   ABOUT THIS WITH HOMELAND   SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS. WE'RE   GOING TO THAT ANSWER IN OUR   CONTINUED COVERAGE AT 10:00PM   ON FOX. 31 ELSE HAVE A LOT   MORE ABOUT HOW THESE FINES.   THEY'RE JUST THREATS RIGHT NOW   THAT COMPANIES WITH HOMELAND   SECURITY TO"}]