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As I have written in earlier blog posts, the Department of Homeland Security‘s (“DHS”) new I-9 form is on schedule for implementation on April 3, 2009. The I-9 form is used by employers to verify employment eligibility. The most notable change with the new form is that employers will no longer be able to accept expired documents for I-9 purposes.

Previously, various documents, such as U.S. Passports, were acceptable for I-9 purposes, even if expired. The general belief has been that these documents were impossible to fraudulently duplicate and therefore evidence of citizenship, whether expired or unexpired. According to CNN’s Mike Ahlers, this belief has been proven false by a congressional investigation.

According to Mr. Ahlers’ news report, An investigator with the Government Accountablity Office (“GAO”), Congress’ investigative arm, used a false identification to obtain a U.S. passport and then used the passport to get an airline boarding pass and go through an airport security checkpoint. In fact, the investigator was able to receive four different passports using the identities of a man who died 1965 and a five year old child.

Regardless of varying feelings about employment eligibility and undocumented workers, this investigation raises a much more drastic picture of problems with our national security. It has been over eight years since September 11. Does it grind your gears that we are still having these types of national security issues?

Tags: CNN, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Employment Eligibility, GAO, Government Accountablity Office, I-9, Mike Ahlers, Passport, USCIS

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