[texgal]

American employers hire illegal aliens because the federal and state governments make it possible. As an employer, you cannot discriminate based on ethnicity or whether or not the future employee can or cannot speak English. You must have the employee fill out an I-9 that requires two forms of identification. Understand that you cannot request to SEE the employee's social security card you can only ASK them to provide a number. Usually, in 6 to 12 months you will get a letter from the Social Security administration stating that the numbers you have do not match information in their files. There are 10 pages of instructions on how to go about obtaining the correct numbers from the employees. Again, you cannot ask to actually see a social security card. It is illegal for you as an employer to do so. As the employer you will most likely go through this same exercise in another few months.

[txdoda]

Again, you cannot ask to actually see a social security card. It is illegal for you as an employer to do so.

What ?? Never heard of that one....... WHY issue a card if it's illegal for employers to ask to see it??

Most employers I know not only ask for your card, they run a copy to keep in their files.(along with a copy of your photo I.D.)

[Dashing Dasher]

Understand that you cannot request to SEE the employee's social security card you can only ASK them to provide a number.

I just started a new job and had to produce a Social Security card or a US Passport.... They took a copy of my passport...

Is that because I'm blonde, blue-eyed and speak reasonable English? Why can they ask ME for this information and not someone who doesn't have it?

[Travis McGee]

bttt