Food for Thought – HR 9 What Does the Law Say? Title 8, USC 1324a

Food for Thought – HR 9

What Does the Law Say? Title 8, USC 1324a

TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER 12

 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SUB CHAPTER II –

 IMMIGRATION Part VIII - General Penalty Provisions § 1324a.

Unlawful employment of aliens

(a) Making employment of unauthorized aliens unlawful

(1) In general it is unlawful for a person or other entity—

(A) to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an alien knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien (as defined in subsection (h)(3) of this section) with respect to such employment, or

(B) (i) to hire for employment in the United States an individual without complying with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section or

 (ii) if the person or entity is an agricultural association, agricultural employer, or farm labor contractor (as defined in section 1802 of title 29), to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an individual without complying with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.

(2) Continuing employment It is unlawful for a person or other entity, after hiring an alien for employment in accordance with paragraph (1), to continue to employ the alien in the United States knowing the alien is (or has become) an unauthorized alien with respect to such employment