In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, workers, from left, Aaron Roaf, Levi Wilson, and Jason Ray stack pieces of milled wood trim at Belco Forest Products in Shelton, Wash. The workers were hired after an audit by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department resulted in the layoff of more than 20 workers for having suspect documents authorizing them to work in the United States. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, Pepe Rodriguez measures a load of primed wood trim at Belco Forest Products in Shelton, Wash. Rodriguez was hired after an audit by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department resulted in the layoff of more than 20 workers for having suspect documents authorizing them to work in the United States. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, Tom Behrens, left, controller of the Belco Forest Products mill in Shelton, Wash., talks with millwright Steve Rash, second from left, as Justin Harris, third from left, monitors a painting machine at the mill in Shelton, Wash. Behrens had to replace more than 20 workers after an audit by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department found that they had suspect documents authorizing them to work in the United States. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, Tom Behrens, controller of the Belco Forest Products mill in Shelton, Wash., poses for a photo as a forklift moves a load of wood trim, at the mill in Shelton, Wash. Behrens had to replace more than 20 workers after an audit by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department found that they had suspect documents authorizing them to work in the United States. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
In this Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 photo, Erin Hall marks a load of wood trim at Belco Forest Products in Shelton, Wash. Hall was hired after an audit by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department resulted in the layoff of more than 20 workers for having suspect documents authorizing them to work in the United States. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
SEATTLE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached its highest number yet of companies audited for illegal immigrants on their payrolls this past fiscal year. Audits of employer I-9 forms increased from 250 in fiscal year 2007 to more than 3,000 in 2012. From fiscal …
