E-Verify Errors Harmed 760,000 Legal Workers Since 2006

Last week, President Trumpannounced that his immigration plan would not mandate that employers use E-Verify, the employment verification system that checks new employees against government databases. While the president felt it was too “tough” on illegal workers, he is wrong.Nearly all illegal workers passed the system last year. In reality, E-Verify is tough on legal workers who have had nearly 760,000 jobs held up by the system since 2006.How many legal workers E-Verify has harmedEmployers who use E-Verify enter the names, dates of birth, and Social Security Numbers (or alien ID numbers) that employees provide on theirForm I-9 into the system. E-Verify then checks this information against government databases at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA). If the information the employer entered fails to match the government ’s information, the system issues a “Tentative Non-Confirmation” (TNC).Legal workers can contest a TNC at an SSA or DHS officewithin eight business days of receiving the error. If they fail to contest, cannot do so in time, or are unable to provide adequate evidence of their identity and U.S. citizenship, E-Verify will send their employer a “Final Non-Confirmation” (FNC). FNCs require the business to fire the employee or face civil or criminal penalties for hiring someone without authorization to work in the United States.Figure 1 shows the number of TNCs and FNCs that legal workers have received ...
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