An Employer's Introduction to Immigration Law and Worksite Enforcement

Executive Summary

In the last several years, the government has increasingly sought to control illegal immigration into the United States by targeting the employers of undocumented workers.  Even employers who do not knowingly hire such workers, or whose work force do not include a large percentage of foreign nationals, face potentially costly government sanctions if their Form I-9 Verification System is found to be inadequate. GoffWilson’s article, “An Employer’s Introduction to Immigration Law and Worksite Enforcement” traces the evolution of employment immigration laws and their enforcement from the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) in 1986, which gave us the ubiquitous Form I-9, to the massive worksite enforcement actions that have been in the recent news. Read the full White Paper here.