Federal E-Verify rule delayed until May
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Immigration attorney Greg Siskind reports on his blog that the E-Verify rule for federal contractors is on hold until May 21. Contractors were scheduled to have to use the employee database by Jan. 15, then Feb. 20. Here’s a story in the Houston Business Journal, saying the Obama administration wanted time to review the rule. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing over the program.
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E-Verify taps into the Social Security Administration (SSA) database for verification and, for foreign workers, checks with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Photos are available for those presenting immigration cards as their IDs, and this is to be expanded to include passport photos and, hopefully, driver’s license photos as well.
In short, the visceral reaction of the US Chamber of Commerce to E-Verify doesn’t make sense. It’s working better than any interior immigration program we have yet to see. It is undergoing continual improvements to address the small error rates and costs, and to simplify use.
E-Verify is good government in practice; not a burden but a help. Unless, of course, you don’t want to know if you’re hiring illegal aliens.
Ed Kowalski
9/11 Families For A Secure America