What are examples of prohibited practices?
DHS lists various examples of prohibited practices in the M-274 Handbook for Employers: a. Setting different employment eligibility verification standards or require different documents based on national origin or citizenship status. One example would be requiring non-U.S. citizens to present DHS-issued documents like green cards b. Requesting to see employment eligibility verification documents before hire and completion of the Form I-9 because an employee appears foreign or the employee indicates that he or she is not a U.S. citizen. c. Refusing to accept a document or hire an individual because an acceptable document has a future expiration date. d. Requiring an employee during re-verification to present a new unexpired EAD if the employee presented an employment document during the initial verification. Note: This appears to contradict earlier statements from legacy INS and in at least one court case stating that an employer may have a responsibility to ask an employee whether empl
