Reading Room Document

Enforcement of INA Employer Sanctions Provisions Against Federal Government Entities

Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which establishes employer verification requirements and authorizes the Immigration and Naturalization Service to take enforcement actions against employers for failure to comply with those requirements, authorizes imposition of employer sanctions against federal government entities. The INS can exercise this enforcement authority against persons and entities within all three branches of the federal government in a manner consistent with the Constitution. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19426/download.

March 15, 2000