[defconw]

Well they are already supposed to be doing it. I have had to bring my birth cert and ss card to apply for jobs. Why not them?

[Guenevere]

And if this passes, you will never have to do that again...~sarcasm...

Oh wait...yes, you will...

they won't, but you will.

[TomGuy]

Well they are already supposed to be doing it. I have had to bring my birth cert and ss card to apply for jobs. Why not them?

That is one thing I never have understood. Since the 70s, I've been required to show 2 pieces of ID, and one must be a photo ID, for every job I have had. Supposedly, the employer can be fined for not obtaining such information. That has been law for 3 decades -- but apparently for Americans only. Sort of like the new that that requires actual Americans to have a passport to get back into the US, while illegals can sneak across the border and get amnesty.

[Clint N. Suhks]

That’s just checking ID. How can an employer prove your documentation is authentic?

An employer should not have to be responsible for enforcing federal law, that’s why the 1986 amnesty bill was a dismal failure. Unless there is some federal vetting agency that employers can use to authenticate citizenship they should not be held to account for their employee’s legal status.

[maryz]

I have had to bring my birth cert and ss card to apply for jobs.

As I understand it, there are people who make a living (and likely a good one) providing forged documents.