The law says anyone who is qualified and has documentation may be hired. There is nothing in the wording about illegals. If he has the documents and checks out, I am not bound to do more.
Should I run him on a national crime computer, give him a lie detector?
"Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):
A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:
assists an illegal alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or
encourages that illegal alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions."
If an immigration officer believes you should have known that the person you hired was illegal he can arrest you. If the judge and jury agree, you will be fined or sent to jail.