ALIEN EMPLOYER FINES

Illegal alien workers are the province of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which has the power to levy fines in instances when illegals are found working. Once a Notice of Intent to Fine has been served, the company has 30 days to appeal. If there is no appeal, the fine goes into effect; if there is an appeal, it goes before an administrative law judge, who determines whether the fine is warranted. Known Hires are those workers an employer knows are not lawfully employable. If the INS comes back for a second audit and the employee is still not lawfully employable but remains on the payroll, the employer falls into the Continue to Employ category. Form I-9 is a non-discriminatory form required of all employees hired after 1986, which declares that the person has a legal right to work in the United States. If a company does not have the form on file for a particular individual, the employer is subject to fine or citation, regardless of whether the employee has the legal right to work.

Here’s a list of county companies that have run afoul of the INS through December, and the reasons why, the bulk of which are paperwork violations:

Date Fine Known Company City Served Amount Hires American McNair Orange 6-28-89 $1,600 0 Ameritech Huntington Beach 10-31-89 10,500 0 Communications, Inc. Aroma Bakery Westminster 6-29-89 3,000 0 Botannica Enterprises Santa Ana 7-25-89 1,600 0 Brothers International Santa Ana 8-24-88 5,000 0 Desserts Buena Park Nursing Buena Park 4- 3-89 2,900 0 Center C&D; Plastics Huntington Beach 11-28-89 1,000 0 Cal-Spas Stanton 12-15-87 500 0 California Connection Costa Mesa 12-29-88 3,700 0 Camelot Golfland Anaheim 10-11-89 1,500 0 Camera Ready Cars Newport Beach 10-11-89 2,250 0 Century Laminators Anaheim 7-13-88 10,050 0 Creative Produce Orange 9-28-89 6,450 0 Packers, Inc. Crystal Laundry Garden Grove 7- 1-88 1,650 0 Dewey’s Rubbish Irvine 4-28-89 6,500 0 Diamond Chase Huntington Beach 2-15-89 7,500 0 Dutchman Plastering Orange 12-23-88 15,850 0 El Toro Meat Market El Toro 1-18-89 4,800 0 Extended Care Anaheim 8-24-88 5,600 0 Hospital Factorum Shoe & Laguna Beach 1-18-89 1,500 1 Luggage Repair Geosoils Santa Ana 7-27-89 1,500 0 Globe Marble & Tile Anaheim 7-24-89 5,100 0 Guacamole Joe’s Fountain Valley 6-28-89 1,500 0 Harbor Pallet Anaheim 11-27-88 1,500 0 IMT, Inc. Irvine 5-15-89 3,500 0 In Motion Sports Shop Fountain Valley 11-28-89 1,500 0 J&R; Fashions Garden Grove 4- 1-89 3,000 0 JJ’s Fashions Santa Ana 10-20-89 10,000 0 Japan Express Co. Westminster 5-30-89 1,500 0 Japan Health Products Orange 8-21-89 1,250 0 Kennelwood Guard Dogs Midway City 8-31-89 1,500 0 Landscape Concepts Cypress 12-11-89 2,700 0 Menzies International Irvine 4-28-89 9,600 0 Merry Go Round Laguna Niguel 12-13-89 700 0 Millwork Express Orange 12-29-88 3,000 0 O’Connell Landscape Santa Ana 9- 7-88 1,000 0 Maintenance Oriental Health Spa Laguna Hills 3- 7-88 1,000 0 Pacific Environmental Orange 2- 6-89 13,000 13 Landscape Pacific Television Westminster 12-14-89 1,500 0 R&R; Machine Huntington Beach 12-29-89 5,250 0 South Coast Ferrari Costa Mesa 6-27-89 1,000 0 Service Stadium Enterprises Huntington Beach 7-28-89 2,600 0 Sunday Samples Costa Mesa 8-11-88 3,000 0 Travelodge Hotel Costa Mesa 6-13-88 4,750 0 Trinh Fashion Garden Grove 9-20-88 2,750 1 United Circuits Fountain Valley 5-31-89 3,000 0 Technology

Continued Form Company to Employ 1-9 American McNair 1 3 Ameritech 1 39 Communications, Inc. Aroma Bakery 1 4 Botannica Enterprises 1 1 Brothers International 7 0 Desserts Buena Park Nursing 1 17 Center C&D; Plastics 1 0 Cal-Spas 2 0 California Connection 0 9 Camelot Golfland 1 1 Camera Ready Cars 1 4 Century Laminators 7 23 Creative Produce 3 10 Packers, Inc. Crystal Laundry 1 2 Dewey’s Rubbish 0 40 Diamond Chase 0 15 Dutchman Plastering 0 39 El Toro Meat Market 4 8 Extended Care 5 26 Hospital Factorum Shoe & 1 1 Luggage Repair Geosoils 1 1 Globe Marble & Tile 1 9 Guacamole Joe’s 1 1 Harbor Pallet 0 4 IMT, Inc. 1 7 In Motion Sports Shop 1 1 J&R; Fashions 1 6 JJ’s Fashions 7 1 Japan Express Co. 1 1 Japan Health Products 1 0 Kennelwood Guard Dogs 1 1 Landscape Concepts 1 5 Menzies International 0 48 Merry Go Round 1 0 Millwork Express 0 10 O’Connell Landscape 0 2 Maintenance Oriental Health Spa 0 4 Pacific Environmental 0 0 Landscape Pacific Television 1 1 R&R; Machine 0 19 South Coast Ferrari 1 0 Service Stadium Enterprises 0 13 Sunday Samples 0 11 Travelodge Hotel 2 13 Trinh Fashion 0 7 United Circuits 2 2 Technology

Source: U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Statistics Division

Researched by Dallas M. Jackson and Elena Brunet