[Redbob]

No mention of terminating the TJ Maxx person responsible for irresponsible hiring?

[mewzilla]

Well, to be fair to the person/s doing the hiring, how are they gonna know a fraudulent ID from a real one? Now if they didn't even try to check, that's another kettle of fish...

[HiJinx]

Mrs. HJ did that for 7 years here in Sierra Vista...the article is correct. She could spot a counterfeit document some of the time, but she could not spot valid ID that belonged to someone other than the bearer...well, as long as both IDs were consistent and the bearer didn't look illegal. She had a way of seeing into applicants' souls that chills me to this day!

So, when the article says that there is no penalty to the HR person when they couldn't be reasonably expected to spot an illegal, that's just the way it is.

OTOH, how do you manage to bring on more than 200 illegals and not know that something is wrong? Going back to my wife's experience...we live 15 miles from the Mexican border in the most active illegal smuggling corridor in the U.S. ... and she knew, instinctively, whether or not a person was eligible for employment.