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8 CFR § 274a.3 - Continuing employment of unauthorized aliens.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t8/s274a.3"
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title: "8 CFR § 274a.3 - Continuing employment of unauthorized aliens."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "274a.3"
section_name: "Continuing employment of unauthorized aliens."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS"
part_number: "274a"
part_name: "CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1105a, 1324a; 48 U.S.C. 1806; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599; Title VII of Pub. L. 110-229, 122 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 115-218, 132 Stat. 1547; 8 CFR part 2."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 16221, May 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "274a"
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# 274a.3 Continuing employment of unauthorized aliens.

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.

[52 FR 16221, May 1, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 8613, Mar. 16, 1988]