there is a summary of federal law and enforcement procedures. at
http://www.allbestarticles.com/business/hiring-illegal-aliens.html (see quote
below).
"Every new employee has to complete an I-9 Form documenting his/her
authorization to work in the U.S., even if the employee was born here and is a
U.S. citizen. Companies face fines up to $1,100 per form for violations, plus
possible civil and criminal penalties. As is well-known, the Department of
Homeland Security has greatly increased its work site auditing in recent
months. These audits typically begin with an inspection of an employer's I-9
Forms."
The federal enforcement would seem to depend on auditing of I-9 forms and
CRIMINAL enforcement of the law, since the fine seems relatively modest in
relation to the possible gains of violating the law.
Still nothing about my contention of a state law compelling background checks
for new all new hires, although, given the federal law, such a law would seem
to be redundant.
Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([email protected])
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe]
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