05-05-2011, 06:05 AM
Grace62 wrote:
[quote=rjmacs]
Are you generally in agreement with this? It was my key point from the post in question:
[quote=rjmacs]
However, i am unconvinced that deterrence in the form of fines (rather than, say, prison time) is likely to be effective. Auditing is anemic enforcement, chiefly effective in keeping those who are likely to comply in line. Those who stand to profit significantly by flouting the rules are weakly incentivized by the threat of minor financial sanctions.
No, I am not in agreement. You should update your knowledge of I9 enforcement and penalties.
I'm pretty sure that i know what the penalties are, both civil and criminal. Since FY2009 there have been fewer than 100 criminal arrests connected to workplace investigations. I wasn't able to find out exactly how many criminal convictions were made, but you could probably count them on the ICE website; each appears to merit its own press release. I'm beginning to think that we're just going to disagree on this until more data are available. If you think otherwise, i'm happy to keep discussing it.