clipped from: www.foxnews.com WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the U.S. Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers.
President Barack Obama has said his administration's strategy for stemming illegal immigration would focus on employers who hire illegal workers.
"This nationwide effort is a first step in ICE's longterm strategy to address and deter illegal employment."
The I-9 audits are certain to cause concern among employers who have complained that identifying illegal workers is fraught with problems, from recognizing fake identity documents made to look authentic to risking violating anti-discrimination laws.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said investigations will focus on businesses that knowingly hire immigrants who cannot legally work in the U.S.