Immigration Lawyer: Whitman Failed To Sign Off On Housekeeper's Form

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Immigration Lawyer: Whitman Failed To Sign Off On Housekeeper's Immigration Form
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/whitman_failed_to_sign_housekeepers_i9_form.php


California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman could potentially be held responsible for errors on her former housekeeper's I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form, an immigration lawyer who has examined the documents tells TPMMuckraker.

"There are definitely violations on the I-9," Greg Suskind told TPMMuckraker. "It's not unusual where we see an I-9 form like this where there's no signature, no dating, that it's an (human resources) person who is afraid of being on the hook for documents that they suspect are bogus."

There is no signature on page 14 of the documents provided by the Whitman campaign. Suskind says that's a violation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Because this wasn't a temporary situation -- the nanny was employed for nine years -- Whitman was responsible for completing the I-9. The I-9 form provided by the campaign does not have the signature of either Whitman or an authorized agent like the placement company.

[ThomasQED]

1. "Could potentially be held responsible"

Don't hold your breath.

[JuniperLea]

2. Oh, what a tangled web we weave...

When first we practice to deceive!

[Ozymanithrax]

3. I remember nannygate and the shitstorm raised by Republicans and Conservatvies...

Why arn't they calling for her head?

[EC]

4. Another Leona Helmsly moment, she thought

laws didn't apply to her. She could do whatever she wanted, she's rich...I'm sure she knew she was illegal or she wouldn't have taken advantage of her the way she did by making her work extra hours and not paying her.

[IndianaJoe]

5. Goodbye, Meg. And good riddance. n/t

[county worker]

6. Laws are for little people and Dems

On wing nut radio this is just a Jerry Brown smear campaign.