FBI Warns Employers They’ll Face Charges For Hiring Undocumented Persons
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
June 26, 2025
BALDWIN COUNTY Ala. For several months federal and local law enforcement officers have been conducting immigration raids along the Gulf Coast and nationwide.
Thousands of men and women who are in the country illegally have been arrested and many have already been deported or incarcerated pending deportation hearings.
One of the underlying crimes that federal law enforcement has not yet enforced though frequently spoken about, is the fact that employers can be arrested for hiring any person who is in the country illegally.
Employees must have social security guards, work visas, or a Green Card to be employed legally and employers are required under federal law to verify the applicant’s work status.
One of the tools available to any employer is a federal website called E-Verify.gov.
Here, an employer can quickly determine the work status of a person and there are several other free tools available to employers as well.
Employers can also use the H-1B process through which you can bring workers in legally.
The Mobile FBI task force held a press conference Wednesday and revealed new details about the 36 undocumented workers arrested at the construction site of the new Gulf Shores High School.
According to FBI Special Agent PJ Lavoie, 20 out of the 36 arrested had a previous criminal history.
Four of those arrested had deportation orders, and seven were previously deported and had reentered the country illegally.
FBI agent Lavoie echoed what has been said many times after immigration arrests in Baldwin County and that is that “Baldwin County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the country,”.
There is a large amount of construction which draws people to the area for work and there is a good amount of agriculture, and the hospitality industry is also a big draw for many people.
With this rapid growth comes job opportunities and many people who are not legally allowed in the country are being hired unlawfully.
Law enforcement has made it clear for months that employers will be prosecuted for knowingly hiring illegal migrants.
Close to twenty raids have been conducted along the Gulf Coast in recent months and they will continue to happen for the foreseeable future law enforcement has stated previously.
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