The I-9?!? (LOL) Its still there.
But and it's a BIG but, take a stroll (if you have a couple hours) over to the Dept of Labor's website, the Immigrant Rights Special Prosecutor Division of the DOJ, and last but not least the EEOC website.
You will note one common thread - especially at the DOJ. ALL employers are WARNED that just because an I-9 comes back with 'no name matching SS number' it does NOT give the Employer cause or the 'right' to dismiss the employee. And if the employee happens to be a legal resident alien and is dismissed, the EMPLOYER will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.A few month's back (on a Saturday) I went to all those sites and followed the links and came to the conclusion that an employer would be out of his mind to deny employment to anybody even with the phoniest of phony looking ID's. The risk of being prosecuted AND sued into oblivion is too great.And over at the EEOC they have Toll Free numbers for the poor 'immigrant' who was wrongly dismissed to assist in suing the evil b*stard who fired them - just because he had reason to believe that all of 'Juan's' ID was phony and the I-9 came back with a 'no match' to boot, and as such was attempting in good faith to comply with the law by not hiring or dismissing an illegal alien.
And back to the I-9 form - On the DOL website that too has more warnings to employers of what they better NOT and CAN'T do regarding doubtful ID presented, than instructions on filling the form out.
Granted many some employers knowingly hire illegals, but for the honest law abiding one, he's between a rock and a hard place. It's a Gubmint setup and a virtual Catch-22 and until the burden is shifted from "Immigrant Rights" to "Employer Rights", the illegals will continue to be employed as they have the upper hand now.
Don't try to make it sound as if you can't fire someone!
If the employee upon being given the opportunity to correct identification errors cannot do so, the employer is required to dismiss him/her.