I-9 forms and E-Verify, two systems employers in Arizona are required to use to verify whether their employees are legally eligible to work in the United States, are in the spotlight after federal immigration authorities raided more than a dozen Phoenix-area locations of the popular Zipps Sports Grill chain.
The two federal systems are intended to prevent undocumented workers from getting jobs. But more broadly, they are intended to stop employers from knowingly hiring undocumented workers.
The Jan. 26 Zipps raids demonstrate how the I-9 and E-Verify systems have fallen short of those goals…