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My company has a foundry in KC MO which employs between 900 - 1000 people. About 4 weeks ago the INS said it wanted to come into HR and check employment records. The next day 106 employees never showed up for work.

So what is your plan? Imprison the HR dept. for not being trained in being able to identify forged documents over legit. documents?

Print out the following and give it to your HR department.

Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program
Employment Verification Pilot Programs
http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/SAVE.htm

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 required the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and the Social Security Administration to conduct three employment verification pilot programs, the Basic Pilot, the Citizen Attestation Pilot, and the Machine-Readable Document Pilot programs. Since the INS became part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on March 1, 2003, the pilot programs now fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service's (USCIS) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program. These pilot programs are the only means available for employers to verify that their newly hired employees are authorized to work in the United States.

The Basic Pilot Employment Verification Program - The Basic Pilot involves verification checks of the SSA and DHS databases, using an automated system to verify the employment authorization of all newly hired employees. Participation in the Basic Pilot Program is voluntary, and is free to participating employers.

The Basic Pilot:

removes guesswork from document review during the Form I-9 process
allows participating employers to confirm employment eligibility of all newly hired employees
improves the accuracy of wage and tax reporting, and
protects jobs for authorized United States workers

The Basic Pilot program has been available to all employers in the States of California, Florida, Illinois, New York and Texas since November 1997 and to employers in Nebraska since March 1999. The Basic Pilot Program began operation in November 1997 and originally ended in November 2001; however, the Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003 (Pub. Law 108-156) extends the Basic Pilot to November 2008.

The new law also requires the expansion of the Basic Pilot Program to all 50 states not later than December 1, 2004. The USCIS' SAVE Program and SSA plan to begin offering the Basic Pilot Program to employers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia on December 1, 2004 on a first-come, first-served basis. If significantly more employers than anticipated choose to participate in the Basic Pilot Program, USCIS may have to limit the number of participants.

The Basic Employment Verification Pilot Program is now available on the Internet using a Web-Based Access method. This will allow employers to use the Basic Pilot system from any personal computer with access to an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

The Web-Based Access method offers several advantages over the Dial-Up method (personal computer with a modem), currently being used by employers participating in the pilot program. The Web-Based Access method eliminates the need for a modem and the connectivity problems associated with using a modem. It also does away with the requirement for an employer to have an analog phone line to access the Basic Pilot.

Once you are registered and have completed the Web-Based Tutorial (WBT) you can immediately begin using the Web-Based Access method of the Basic Pilot Program.

To register now for the Basic Pilot Web-Based Access method, go to https://www.vis-dhs.com/EmployerRegistration and follow the instructions.

If you have questions or need additional information on any of the topics found on the SAVE web site, please contact the SAVE Program at 202-514-2317.

More informtion can also be found here:

Services and Benefits SAVE Program
http://www.ins.gov/graphics/services/SAVE.htm