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DCWP's proactive and reactive enforcement strategies for immigration services fraud
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Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga explains the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection's (DCWP) enforcement strategies against immigration services fraud, emphasizing a strong focus on proactive investigations.
- DCWP has conducted a significant push for proactive investigations, identifying potential violators through research and inspector observations
- The agency has issued about 80 summonses as a result of these proactive efforts
- While they do respond to complaints, most recent investigations have been proactive
Julie Menin
0:43:47
In terms of enforcement strategy, I know you talked a little bit in your testimony about the enforcement strategy that you're doing.
0:43:54
Can you distinguish between how much of it is proactive as opposed to responsive to complaints?
Vilda Vera Mayuga
0:44:02
Of course.
0:44:02
Thank you, council member.
0:44:05
Certainly most of it, I mean we've done a big push for proactive investigation combined between immigration service providers, businesses that we've identified, and employment agency we've done seven fifty by identifying, doing our own research and identifying places that either advertise as such or our inspectors have observed when they're doing their work.
0:44:29
If there is a complaint, of course, we can take a look.
0:44:32
But those usually when they come in we're gonna be doing what General Counsel Mike Tago is explaining to make sure that we run them by an attorney so we don't scare away a business that we want to pursue.
0:44:44
But most of the ones we've done recently have proactive investigations by identifying the places and going out and finding them and issue I think we've issued about 80 summonses as a result of those.