"Last May, federal immigration agents visited more than 100 DC-area businesses, including many restaurants, seeking I-9 forms verifying employment eligibility. But it wasn't until last week that it least some of those businesses heard back from Homeland Security Investigations. Now, they must fire employees who were flagged or prove within 10 business days that they are legally allowed to work in the US."
"Just because the I-9 forms were rejected does not necessarily mean that the workers are undocumented. It could simply mean the paperwork had some other error. The restaurant owner says he sponsored and paid for a visa for one chef who was on the list, "so we know he's legal." And as far as he was aware, all his employees were legal. "They produced the information needed. I wouldn't have submitted it to ICE had I thought it was illegal," he says."
Last May federal immigration agents visited more than 100 DC-area businesses, including many restaurants, requesting I-9 forms to verify employment eligibility. Homeland Security Investigations recently notified some employers that they must fire employees flagged by the audit or prove within 10 business days that those individuals are legally authorized to work in the United States. Employers report legal fees and disruption; one owner spent $17,000 on lawyers and received notice to dismiss over two-thirds of staff. I-9 rejections can reflect paperwork errors rather than undocumented status. HSI warned that fines for employing unauthorized workers range from $716 to $5,724 per worker.
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