Diane Costagliola is a researcher, librarian, instructor, and writer who has published articles on personal finance, home buying, and foreclosure. Form I-9 verifies the identity of U.S. workers. U.S.

The DHS-mandated Form I-9 was enacted in the late 1980s as part of an initiative to curb employers from hiring undocumented immigrants. The process remained largely unchanged for decades until COVID ...

On March 16, 2026, without public announcement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) published a revised Form I-9 Inspection Fact Sheet(goes to new website) that reclassifies numerous I-9 ...

In October 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, pledged to increase workplace enforcement by a factor of four to five. The acting ...