Have you ever filled out an I-9 Employment Eligibilty verification form?

I am a “new” employer as I bought my company and one thing I found out is I am required to have on file an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form something this company never ever did. The old owner said he had no idea they were required.

Additionally it is very vague in what the form requires you to do to actually verify the information an employee fills out. So me thinking the Government has a special place at DHS or US immigration to assist me in verifying employee information ….not so…nada….zip…zilch. More vague references to immigration enforcement and vague political rhetoric. So I thought….there HAS to be somewhere that the Gov makes employers check information on employees.

What I finally found after hours of searching is this E-Verify but what I find really perplexing is it is only a “voluntary” program!!

After all the hubris and hullabaloo by our politicians about curbing illegal immigration, that something this simple that could stop illegal immigration in it’s tracks would be mandatory…with massive fines for not doing this simple check?? I would think we could flush out all the illegals in a week if every employer got serious about eligibility status!!!

What is wrong with this picture and what am I missing here??