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DCWP's approach to handling non-compliant immigration service providers
0:57:19
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DCWP representatives explain their approach to handling non-compliant immigration service providers, emphasizing proactive inspections and partnerships. They detail their inspection process and how they address observed violations.
- DCWP conducts proactive inspections and relies on partnerships for identifying non-compliant businesses
- Inspectors use a checklist to verify compliance and issue summonses for violations
- DCWP is open to following up on specific addresses provided by the Council Member
Vilda Vera Mayuga
0:57:19
Well I think part of the partnerships that we always seek is things like this.
0:57:24
Obviously if anybody observes this kind of conduct we want them to reach out to us so that we can check if it's you know, worked out.
0:57:31
You know, we've already looked at these businesses or warrants another visit and we can proceed with summonses and all of that.
0:57:38
So we are constantly just, again, the proactive investigations and the, sorry, the proactive inspections that I was mentioning that we're trying to do, not just by checking for places online that may be advertising as immigration service providers, but also as our inspectors are out conducting inspections of other businesses if they identify one that falls in this category to also look and make sure that they visit and enter and address any issues that they observe.
Carlos Ortiz
0:58:06
I think in general our practice for inspectors is they go in and they will have a checklist that they work off of that verifies compliance with the law.
0:58:16
If they observe any particular violations, they will issue a summons, and that summons will be adjudicated by a judge at at oath.
0:58:22
It's possible that these locations could have been covered in our in our current sweep.
0:58:27
So if the addresses can be provided to us, we'd be happy to double check that.
Gale A. Brewer
0:58:30
Sure.
0:58:30
I'm sure we're doing it.
0:58:31
I know this is very common, so I just wanted to bring it to your attention that we're trying to be supportive of your efforts.
Carlos Ortiz
0:58:37
No.
0:58:37
Thank you.
0:58:38
And I think, I I live off of Roosevelt Avenue as well, and I see the same activity that you're describing and and hence why communities like around Roosevelt and other parts of our our city are they need they need these more proactive inspections to ensure that illegal behavior is tampered down.
Gale A. Brewer
0:58:52
Okay.