He is given an additional protection. I have already said he has got to be knowingly guilty. The law further provides that if he has made a bona fide inquiry of his employee and has been assured that the man is in a legal status. then the employer is not guilty of knowingly employing an illegal alien. Moreover. if he takes a written statement to that effect. on forms which the Attorney General will prescribe. prima facie his inquiry is bona fide. Of course if we could show his inquiry was a phony. that here is a pattern. that he is hiring illegal aliens all the time. the mere fact that he has asked the employee a question will not necessarily cover the employer. but if he makes a bona fide inquiry he is safe. and if he takes the written statement. prima facie his inquiry was made in good faith.
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