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.  Although the detention of literally hundreds of suspected undocumented workers at a time by Immigration Customs Enforcement in such raids have captured the headlines, employers have to be aware that such actions have usually been accompanied by criminal actions in which supervisors, plant and human resource managers, and executives have been indicted on felonies ranging from Harboring Illegal Aliens, to Money Laundering.  Now more than ever it is necessary for employers and their agents to know their responsibilities under the law, and to take steps their compliance.  Click here to read the full White Paper.