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The ICEman Cometh: How to Avoid Being Put On the 'Spot'

By Julie Pearl
July 01, 2004

Concerns about domestic security post-9/11, fear that immigrants are moving here to take jobs away from “real” Americans, worries that foreign workers trained here will then “offshore” their positions … all of these factors have nudged the federal government to more strictly scrutinize U.S. corporations' use of foreign-born talent.

The cornerstone of this scrutiny is the Worksite Enforcement Program, administered by the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This program is often referred to as the “spot visit program.”

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