I-9 debacle

My work changed overseers and the new employer requires a new I-9 form to be completed. To prove that you are qualified to work, you must show some documents. Such as a passport, active or expired, birth certificate, social security card, drivers license and you must have something from column a, or one from column b and c. No problemo me thinks, I have passport and birth certificate and drivers license, I am good to go. Oops, I cannot locate my documents. I tear the house apart looking for them. I spent over 15 hours looking for them, cried, yelled, went on, to no avail. So I trucked down to the social security office to get a card (I have never had one, my mom lost it when I was a baby). I mailed a form to the county where I was born. I worry that I will not get paid etc. I have spent more than 20 hours on this and countless other hours worrying about it!
Nothing irritates me more than having to fill this little gem out, aka the Illegal Immigrant form. I have filled them out before, like I have changed. The only reason one has to fill these out is because of criminals, scammers, terrorists, and illegal immigrants.