Obama administration postpones employment regulation

by Marie Price
The Journal Record February 3, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY – As requested by a national organization of immigration lawyers, the Obama administration has postponed for 60 days a new regulation changing the types of documents acceptable for employment eligibility verification.

Oklahoma City immigration attorney Doug Stump said Monday that the postponement until April 3 provides for a period of review and comment.Under the new I-9 regulation, which was scheduled to take effect this week, employers could no longer accept expired documents to verify employment authorization, among other changes.

“Now would be an opportunity for U.S. businesses to further educate the Obama administration about their concerns with the I-9 compliance program,â€