[ozarkgirl]

Yes, he signed the amnesty AND required all employers to make sure that they are employing people who legally have a right to work here. You always forget that part. He was making sure it wouldn't happen again. But it did...because we don't enforce current laws.

"The I-9 form is the Employment Eligibility Verification Form. This verification method was introduced and required of all U.S. employers with the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (known also as IRCA). This is a Federal Law, and it applies equally to all U.S. employers and relates to all U.S. employees, whether they are U.S. nationals or nationals of other countries. Compliance is not optional, and, in fact failure to comply with this law is punishable by both criminal as well as civil penalties"

[daivid]

he signed the amnesty AND required all employers to make sure that they are employing people who legally have a right to work here

Actually, that's not quite accurate.

The current immigration law only requires the employer to keep copies of documents showing that the employee is legal.

There is no requirement to "make sure." As a matter of fact, the Social Security Administration and CIS/ICE will not inspect these documents or "make sure" of anything. And since the employers are no experts, there is a loophole big enough to drive through a pickup truck full of illegals.

Going by all the employers for which I've worked, most illegal aliens were hired because they had papers. Fake papers, but the required papers.

And with the advent of the computer age, even the best experts have a hard time distinguishing between fake and real documents.