Immigration Crackdown: Warnings Abound In Enforcing Immigration Job Rules : NPR

Warnings Abound In Enforcing Immigration Job Rules : NPR: "'The I-9 system is deeply flawed,' said Daniel Costas, an immigration policy analyst at Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C., think tank. It 'relies on employer eyesight for the verification of government identification and documents ... If this is how the system is going to work, then it's a big waste of time and money.'

The system is meant to thwart illegal immigrants from working in the U.S., where about 7.8 million illegal immigrants have jobs, according to a 2009 report by the Pew Hispanic Center.But at its foundation is a law that requires a promise that employers check their workers' eligibility to work. Those forms are never submitted to the government. Employers must simply keep them on hand in case the government decides to audit the business and do a check of its workers' immigration status. All employers are required to keep the forms — no matter the size of the business." Nov. 1, 2010