E-Verify

Battling the E-Verify Moonbats

As the owner of a company authorized to be a Designated Agent of the E-Verify program, I am angered by those of the program’s critics who either do not understand how the program works or do not care to appreciate the safeguards that are built in to protect legal workers.

The blog article linked below has provided yet another opportunity to clarify some of the common misconceptions perpetuated by the “open borders” crowd.

“… [He] estimated that there was at least an error rate of 4.1 % in the Social Security databases which would result in discrepancies which could block citizens or lawful residents from working….”

“…if the program was fully implemented in Arizona over 27,000 naturalized citizens could be refused work….”

The E-Verify program does not prevent any worker from receiving a job, simply because the employee’s identifying data cannot even be submitted to E-Verify until after the worker is hired.

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Gwinnett County: No plan to obey state immigration law

The previous issue of The Gwinnett Gazette detailed how, almost 18 months after Georgia enacted one of the toughest illegal immigration laws in the nation, neither the county nor a single Gwinnett city has fully complied with the new requirements regarding eligibility for public benefits.

The article stirred a flurry of emails to the County Commission, coverage in the local paper and unofficial responses from the county attorney and a couple of Commissioners. But it wasn’t the response that a large majority of Gwinnett residents wanted to hear. Read more…

E-Verify is a Working Solution to Illegal Immigration

As the owner of a company that serves as a Designated Agent to the E-Verify program for employers across the country, I know that most of the complaints about E-Verify from the pro-amnesty crowd are based on outdated data, are exaggerated or are outright lies.

E-Verify is a step in the right direction; insist that the places where you spend your dollars verify their workers. And contact your Congressmen to insist that they make the program permanent and fully fund it.

E-verify came into existence in 1997 as a limited pilot program and has been expanded, improved, and renewed over the years.  But unless Congress acts to renew it, or preferably make it permanent, E-Verify shuts down in November.  That will nullify most all the work that has been done in the states.  Illegals will have won a huge victory against the people of this country, and our elected officials will have delivered it to them.

E-Verify is a Working Solution to Illegal Immigration – HUMAN EVENTS

Will DHS Punish Employees Caught Up In E-Verify Disputes?

Immigration attorney Greg Siskind’s site and newsletter have been an invaluable resource on immigration issues, despite the fact that he and I often disagree.

The article linked below details concerns regarding an employer’s liability should the resolution of an E-Verify “tentative non-confirmation” take longer than eight days, the time period after which an employer is required to terminate a non-confirmed worker.

I found the DHS response to the attorney’s concerns interesting. Siskind argues that a “post-final nonconfirmation” appeal process would be appropriate, but it is apparent that the E-Verify program already goes to great lengths to protect eligible workers.

Greg Siskind’s Blog: WILL DHS PUNISH EMPLOYEES CAUGHT UP IN E-VERIFY DISPUTES?

Gwinnett Cities, County Ignore State Immigration Law

Almost 18 months after Georgia enacted one of the toughest illegal immigration laws in the nation, neither the county nor a single Gwinnett city has fully complied with the new requirements regarding eligibility for public benefits.

S.B. 529, enacted as the “Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act,” went into effect on July 1, 2007. The law requires any employer doing business with a state or local government to verify the eligibility of their new employees through the federal E-Verify system. It also defines several new crimes including trafficking a person for labor servitude, as well as requires jails and prisons to determine the legal status of all arrestees.

But it is the provision regarding eligibility for public benefits that Gwinnett’s cities and county government continue to ignore. Read more…

What They Don`t Tell You About E-Verify

The anti-enforcement drumbeat continues from the pro-illegals press and blogs like the “Dream Act Texas” site linked below.  The Tucson Citizen recently reported that “…about 19,000 E-Verify queries* nationwide this year erroneously resulted in a “tentative nonconfirmation” of legal eligibility for employment.”

What the anti-enforcement folks don’t tell you is that no employee is denied a job because of a “Tentative Nonconfirmation” response from E-Verify! And a less-than-favorable response doesn’t prevent someone from receiving a job because E-Verify cannot be used to pre-screen applicants.

What they also don’t tell you is that an erroneous response can happen for many reasons including typographical errors or the employer’s inability to read clearly the documents presented by the employee. In other words, the E-Verify system isn’t wrong; the employer is. And I would wager that a significant percentage of the 19,000 “erroneous” queries were probably quickly and correctly resubmitted by the employer after the required review of the initial submission.

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