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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 901385" data-attributes="member: 12952">Special report: Are jobs in jeopardy for the Hispanic community? a new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program known as IMAGE,&nbsp; an acronym for ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers.Many big-name companies — Hyatt, Chick-fil-A, Best Western International&nbsp; and Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America among them&nbsp; — are working with ICE, with more doing so every year.Participants&nbsp; promise to use ICE’s E-Verify employment eligibility checking system,&nbsp; establish an employment eligibility checking policy which includes I-9&nbsp; audits, and submit to an I-9 inspection. In return, ICE eases or waives&nbsp; potential fines for I-9 violations, provides I-9 form training and won’t&nbsp; conduct an I-9 inspection for two years.“The IMAGE program is a business coming to the government saying ‘We&nbsp; would like to work with you,’” said ICE spokesman Shawn Neudauer.A company can also adopt IMAGE Best Employment Practices, 12 steps&nbsp; that include using a federal service to cross-check workers’ Social&nbsp; Security numbers. The 12 steps were mandatory until ICE streamlined the&nbsp; application process in June.Quality Pork Processors in Austin. Members of the Hispanic community told the Herald that 30 to 40&nbsp; people a week and sometimes as many as 80 a week have been leaving QPP.&nbsp; Company officials said high turnover is common this time of year, but&nbsp; current and former workers said people are leaving due to increasing&nbsp; employment eligibility checks.QPP officials said the company is adding more workers and expanding&nbsp; production by hiring local workers. The company has advertised job&nbsp; openings since the beginning of October.QPP workers said the company is hiring more African and Asian refugees as well.Latino workers are afraid to train in new workers now.<a href="http://www.austindailyherald.com/2011/11/14/special-report-are-jobs-in-jeopardy-for-the-hispanic-community/" target="_blank">Special report: Are jobs in jeopardy for the Hispanic community? | The Austin Daily Herald</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 901385, member: 12952"] Special report: Are jobs in jeopardy for the Hispanic community? a new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program known as IMAGE, an acronym for ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers. Many big-name companies — Hyatt, Chick-fil-A, Best Western International and Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America among them — are working with ICE, with more doing so every year. Participants promise to use ICE’s E-Verify employment eligibility checking system, establish an employment eligibility checking policy which includes I-9 audits, and submit to an I-9 inspection. In return, ICE eases or waives potential fines for I-9 violations, provides I-9 form training and won’t conduct an I-9 inspection for two years. “The IMAGE program is a business coming to the government saying ‘We would like to work with you,’” said ICE spokesman Shawn Neudauer. A company can also adopt IMAGE Best Employment Practices, 12 steps that include using a federal service to cross-check workers’ Social Security numbers. The 12 steps were mandatory until ICE streamlined the application process in June. Quality Pork Processors in Austin. Members of the Hispanic community told the Herald that 30 to 40 people a week and sometimes as many as 80 a week have been leaving QPP. Company officials said high turnover is common this time of year, but current and former workers said people are leaving due to increasing employment eligibility checks. QPP officials said the company is adding more workers and expanding production by hiring local workers. The company has advertised job openings since the beginning of October. QPP workers said the company is hiring more African and Asian refugees as well. Latino workers are afraid to train in new workers now. [URL='http://www.austindailyherald.com/2011/11/14/special-report-are-jobs-in-jeopardy-for-the-hispanic-community/']Special report: Are jobs in jeopardy for the Hispanic community? | The Austin Daily Herald[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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