Why Comply?

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not only targeting employers, but is also holding accountable individual executives, managers, and former managers who actually hired the illegal workers. Non-compliance can result in fines anywhere from $110 to $11,000 per violation, and forfeiture of the company's assets.

Depending on company, self audit statistics show Form I-9 errors in 10% to 40% of currently maintained forms. At a $110/error, fines can add up.

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aggressively checking that businesses are fully compliant.

In the fiscal year 2006:

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 716 individuals on criminal charges
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 3,667 individuals on administrative charges