8 CFR 274a.3

§ 274a.3 Continuing employment of unauthorized aliens.

United States · 8 CFR — Aliens and Nationality · Status: effective

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Citation: 8 CFR 274a.3, § 274a.3 Continuing employment of unauthorized aliens, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/32277
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An employer who continues the employment of an employee hired after November 6, 1986, knowing that the employee is or has become an unauthorized alien with respect to that employment, is in violation of section 274A(a)(2) of the Act.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.