E-Verify Concerns

I've noticed more and more corporations have an E-Verify sign on their sites. Does anyone know what E-Verify is?

E-Verify is an employee eligibility verification system administered by the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration.

The system has four main objectives:

Reducing the employment of unauthorized workers
Protecting privacy and workers’ civil liberties
Reducing discrimination
Preventing undue burden on employers

Employer participation is not mandated, however, employers must notify prospective employees of the company's participation in the program.

Much controversy surrounds the E-Verify program. For example:

The USCIS states that 189 000 employers use E-Verify as of Mar. 2010, and 97 percent of employees are found to be eligible. The statistics are based on the Westat report.

However, a Feb. 25, 2010, Fox News.com report highlighted faults with the system, citing it "wrongly clears illegal workers about 54 percent of the time." Immigration Impact and Security Debrief echoed the Fox report.

Have you wrongly been found illegible for employment due to the E-Verify system?

Should Congress be spending $100 million dollars on an unreliable system?