Home The I-9 Quiz
based on
"Look At the Facts
Not at the Faces
Your Guide to Fair Employment"
Published by the
Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related
Unfair Employment Practices
 

1.  Saving Time

Your crew boss catches you before you start interviewing people for a job.  S/he says, "Find out if those two near the door have their 'green cards' before you waste your time."

Did you discriminate in hiring?

Yes         No

2.  The Cooperative Executive

You are president of a company.  After hearing about the INA's (Immigration and Nationality Act - of which IRCA is a part) penalties for hiring undocumented workers, you issue a memo stating, "Let's go along with the government on this one.  Pleas be careful when hiring people who look like they crossed the border illegally."

Have you committed National Origin discrimination?

Yes          No

3.  On the Way Out

The rainy spring caused your lettuce harvest to be less abundant than usual.  You need fewer farm workers than you hired for the season.  In deciding between Hector Fernandez and Jose Gonzalez, you keep Hector because he is a legal permanent resident and Jose, an asylee, only has a temporary work permit.

Have you committed citizenship status discrimination?

Yes           No

4.  A Stitch in Time

You gladly hire Lily Chou because she told you how she beaded sweaters in Taiwan.  You are surprised when she hands you a California driver's license and an unrestricted Social Security card for the I-9 form.  (Note:  Some Social Security cards are restricted and bear the inscription "Valid only with INS Authorization" or "Not Valid for Employment.")  "Miss Chou," you say, "I must see a card from the INS."

Does Lily Chou have a case against you?

Yes           No

5.   Hire American

You manufacture precision cast parts.  Ordinarily, any one of your 12 employees knows someone who can fill an open position.  You tell them unofficially that you prefer that they bring applicants who are U.S. citizens -- and you fill out the I-9 form for everyone they bring.

Are you in compliance with the INA?

Yes           No

6.  Temporary Workers

You hire Billy, John, Paul, and Sam just for a weekend to clean windows in your office building.  You would have hired Ngo except that he looked too "foreign."

Are you violating the antidiscrimination provisions of the INA?

Yes           No

7.  Frenchman With a Fault

Three men apply to manage the front desk of your four-star hotel.  One has more experience than the other two, but you refuse to hire him because all he has for the I-9 form is an unexpired French passport with an unexpired work authorization stamp.  You ask him for "a driver's license, anything."  The next person has only a temporary resident card that expires in nine days.  That's too close for comfort.  So, you hire the third applicant, who has a valid Canadian driver's license.

Are you discriminating in violation of the INA?

Yes          No

8.  Useless Regret

The person you chose to run your jacquard loom was unable to show documentation for the I-9 form.  She said she would send for it, but you turned her down because you didn't want to get into as much paperwork as Martha required the last time.  You hired your second choice, a woman with less experience but valid papers in hand.

Did you violate the INA?

Yes           No