# Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”); Unlawful employment of aliens, first order (per unauthorized alien) — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”); Unlawful employment of aliens, first order (per unauthorized alien), agency is DOJ; statutory authority is 8 U.S.C. 1324a(e)(4)(A)(i); maximum penalty is 5,724; minimum penalty is 716,, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”); Unlawful employment of aliens, first order (per unauthorized alien) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 8 U.S.C. 1324a(e)(4)(A)(i) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 5,724 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum penalty:** 716, _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/8/1324a> 8 U.S.C. 1324a(e)(4)(A)(i) | Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”); Unlawful employment of aliens, first order (per unauthorized alien) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/section-68.52#p-68.52(c)(1)(i)> 28 CFR 68.52(c)(1)(i) | Min 698, Max 5,579 | Min 716, Max 5,724

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-I/part-85/section-85.5

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).