During the last few years, the Obama administration has turned up the heat on employers who fail to properly prepare and retain Form I-9, which must be completed for all new hires employed in the United States. Form I-9 collects basic biographical information (name, date of birth, and address) from the employee and requires employers to record documentary proof that the employee is authorized to work in the U.S. While Form I-9 has been around for over 25 years, employers are only now starting to feel the enforcement squeeze because of an increasing number of government I-9 inspections.
Since 2009, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has audited more than 7,500 employers and imposed more than $100 million in financial sanctions related to I-9 and worksite violations, as reported by The Wall Street Journal in May. While the agency’s primary goal has always been preventing unauthorized employment, the government will now routinely issue fines and penalties for simple paperwork mistakes or clerical omissions on I-9 forms.
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