TITLE II:IMMIGRATION Part VIII
General Penalty Provisions
Section Text

§ 274A (8 USC 1324a) Unlawful employment of aliens


a.
Making employment of unauthorized aliens unlawful
1.
In general
2.
Continuing employment
3.
Defense
4.
Use of labor through contract
5.
Use of State employment agency documentation
6.
Treatment of documentation for certain employees
A.
In general
B.
Period
C.
Liability
i.
In general
ii.
Rebuttal of presumption
iii.
Exception
7.
Application to Federal Government
b.
Employment verification system
1.
Attestation after examination of documentation
A.
In general
B.
Documents establishing both employment authorization and identity
C.
Documents evidencing employment authorization
D.
Documents establishing identity of individual
E.
Authority to prohibit use of certain documents
2.
Individual attestation of employment authorization
3.
Retention of verification form
4.
Copying of documentation permitted
5.
Limitation on use of attestation form
6.
Good faith compliance
A.
In general
B.
Exception if failure to correct after notice
C.
Exception for pattern or practice violators
c.
No authorization of national identification cards
d.
Evaluation and changes in employment verification system
1.
Presidential monitoring and improvements in system
A.
Monitoring
B.
Improvements to establish secure system
2.
Restrictions on changes in system
A.
Reliable determination of identity
B.
Using of counterfeit-resistant documents
C.
Limited use of system
D.
Privacy of information
E.
Limited denial of verification
F.
Limited use for law enforcement purposes
G.
Restriction on use of new documents
3.
Notice to Congress before implementing changes
A.
In general
B.
Contents of report
C.
Congressional review of major changes
i.
Hearings and review
ii.
Congressional action
D.
Major changes defined
E.
General revenue funding of social security card changes
4.
Demonstration projects
A.
Authority
B.
Reports on projects
e.
Compliance
1.
Complaints and investigations
2.
Authority in investigations
3.
Hearing
A.
In general
B.
Conduct of hearing
C.
Issuance of orders
4.
Cease and desist order with civil money penalty for hiring, recruiting, and referral violations
5.
Order for civil money penalty for paperwork violations
6.
Order for prohibited indemnity bonds
7.
Administrative appellate review
8.
Judicial review
9.
Enforcement of orders
f.
Criminal penalties and injunctions for pattern or practice violations
1.
Criminal penalty
2.
Enjoining of pattern or practice violations
g.
Prohibition of indemnity bonds
1.
Prohibition
2.
Civil penalty
h.
Miscellaneous provisions
1.
Documentation
2.
Preemption
3.
Definition of unauthorized alien