08-05-2025
Immigration officials issue more than 100 Notice of Inspections at DC area businesses
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said dozens of notices have been served to D.C. area businesses and employers by immigration officials.
This comes after flyers began circulating on social media over the weekend, alerting people to increased immigration and homeland security enforcement activity around D.C.
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A DHS spokesperson told DC News Now that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have been conducting 'worksite enforcement' across the country to ensure businesses follow immigration and employment laws.
'This includes recent worksite enforcement operations [in] the D.C. area, during which more than 100 Notice of Inspections were served to local employers at various [businesses]. No arrests were made as part of these worksite enforcement operations,' DHS wrote in a statement.
The Washington Post reportedly confirmed officials' visits to seven restaurants in the District on Tuesday and Wednesday.
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), employers will generally receive a Notice of Inspection at least three days before an inspection, during which DHS officials and employees from the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) at the Department of Justice and employees from the Department of Labor may inspect the business owner's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
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When officials arrive for inspection, the employer must do the following, CIS stated:
Retrieve and reproduce electronically stored Form I-9 and any other documents the officer requests.
Provide the officer with the necessary hardware and software to inspect electronic documents.
Provide the officer with any existing electronic summary of the information recorded on the employer's Form I-9.
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