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Recent surge in immigration service provider inspections
1:10:11
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Council Member Avilés inquires about the recent surge in immigration service provider inspections conducted by DCWP. Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga explains that this was a unique circumstance and part of their strategic approach to enforcement.
- DCWP conducted 50 inspections in the past two months, which is an unusually high number
- The surge was a response to changes in federal administration and increased focus on immigration issues
- DCWP uses targeted approaches for different industries based on trends and seasonal factors
- The agency plans to continue follow-up but not at the same intensive level as the recent surge
Alexa Avilés
1:10:11
Yeah.
1:10:11
And I guess a quick seg question in terms of the testimony.
1:10:16
You mentioned in the past two months that the team conducted 50 inspections.
1:10:21
Obviously that is a very large amount.
1:10:26
Is that resemblant of what you do on a monthly basis?
1:10:30
Or was this a unique circumstance?
Vilda Vera Mayuga
1:10:32
It was a unique circumstance, Council Member Chair, Aviles.
1:10:36
Basically what we do in the numerous industries that we go and enforce different rules on is that we look at we might look at trends, but we may look at what's happening right now.
1:10:52
And we know that ever since the change in administration in Washington, this is an area where we should focus and do sort of flood this space in a particular way and we'll continue but I don't think it will be in that, you know, to that extent.
1:11:06
Similarly, I'll give you the example of every year we do a sweep of places that do tax preparation when this tax season coming up because we want to again remind people okay, this is happening.
1:11:16
People are going to be looking for these services, so how do we address that issue?
1:11:20
So we'll do things like that.
1:11:21
Home improvement contractors, a lot of work happens in the summer when it warms up.
1:11:25
So we might like do certain focus in different times of the year and this was one where we decided to do very aggressive approach to make sure that we identified all these places and can see it.
1:11:38
Then of course we will be doing follow-up.
1:11:40
It's not that all of a sudden we're gonna go from seven fifty to nothing, but I don't think it'll be in the 750 number.