The number of employers using E-Verify voluntarily has grown from 1,533 employers in 2005 (when it was made available to employers nationwide to 85,816 employers representing more than 446,000 worksites by September 2008. On January 8, 2009, USCIS announced that more than 100,000 employers had signed up to use E-Verify.
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Gwinnett’s Immigration Enforcement Leaves Much to be Desired
Posted by BobG on October 13th, 2008
Gwinnett County recently announced that it would comply with a 15-month-old state law that requires it to verify the citizenship status of applicants for a new business license or renewal. But the county’s strict interpretation of the law creates a loophole large enough for an illegal alien to crawl through. Commission Chairman Charles Bannister knows [...]
Tags: NumbersUSA: E-Verify Will Die if Congress Doesn’t Act This Week
Posted by BobG on September 22nd, 2008
E-Verify is the most effective tool available to state and local governments to protect their communities from the negative impact of illegal immigration. And that’s exactly why one Democrat U.S. Senator is using Senate rules to prevent E-Verify from being re-authorized unless more “green cards” are approved: Consider that the point of E-Verify is to [...]
Immigration status to be checked in Gwinnett
Posted by BobG on September 19th, 2008
In June, it was first revealed at this site that Gwinnett County was in violation of the “Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act” by failing to qualify applicants for business licenses through federal databases. In response to a flurry of emails from constituents and coverage in the local media, Commission Chairman Charles Bannister and County [...]
