The US Justice Department on Monday announced a settlement agreement with Infosoft Solutions Inc., a New Jersey IT recruiting and contracting company operating as KForce Tech LLC, over immigration-related claims. Update: This company is not related to Kforce Inc. based in Tampa, Florida.

The settlement resolves allegations that Infosoft violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by posting six discriminatory job advertisements that solicited applications only from non-US citizens who needed visa sponsorship and, in one case, also sought applicants only from India, according to the department.

The Immigration and Nationality Act’s anti-discrimination provision generally prohibits employers from recruiting or refusing to hire workers based on their citizenship status or national origin, the department said.

Under the settlement, Infosoft will pay $25,500 in civil penalties to the US, according to the department. The company is also required to revise its employment policies, train its recruiters on the Immigration and Nationality Act’s requirements and be subject to departmental monitoring and reporting requirements.

The department’s investigation determined between July 2021 and August 2021, Infosoft posted at least six job advertisements inviting applications only from applicants who wanted sponsorship to work in the US or already had an employment-based temporary visa. In one allegation, one advertisement sought applicants only from India.

“When employers advertise jobs only to applicants from a certain country or who need temporary visas, they discourage all other eligible workers and deny them a fair chance to be considered,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.