What most states are turning to is E-Verify – the electronic verification system designed to ensure that people working here are legally entitled to. Gerri Ratliff, who is in charge of the E-Verify program for the homeland security department, reported that only 15 states haven't had some piece of legislation introduced or passed on this program.
Checking citizenship made mandatory
President Bush's executive order directs federal contractors to finally do what federal agencies already do -- use the E-Verify Internet system to confirm a worker's legal status within seconds.
Millions of contract employees to be vetted for legal employment status
Federal contractors will be required to vet nearly 4 million current and future employees through an online government database to verify their legal working status, under a proposed rule published last week in the Federal Register.
Agents arrest five supervisors at poultry plant
Federal agents have arrested five supervisors at a Greenville poultry plant as part of an investigation into alleged immigration violations, authorities said Wednesday.
Sun Valley labor problem focuses on work authorization challenges
As the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is making its presence felt at more than Sun Valley Floral Farms.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Excerpted Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Department of Commerce Secretary Gutierrez at the State of Immigration Address
One critical tool for our success is giving the employer the means to check whether the applicant for a job is in fact presenting a valid social security number and name that match what is in our government databases. And the tool used to do this is E-Verify. This system has been a tremendous success, and the proof of the pudding is the marketplace itself. Every week on average, about a thousand new employers join this program. And I will tell you that at this point, I will estimate that is almost -- maybe actually more than ten percent of the new hires being hired in the United States are currently being run through this E-Verify system.
We have almost 70,000 employers currently enrolled. The system works. Of those workers who are legal, 99.5 percent of them roughly are verified essentially instantaneously. And if those workers who have a mismatch -- legal workers who we estimate to be about a half a percent, they are able generally to resolve their issue within less than two days.
We have almost 70,000 employers currently enrolled. The system works. Of those workers who are legal, 99.5 percent of them roughly are verified essentially instantaneously. And if those workers who have a mismatch -- legal workers who we estimate to be about a half a percent, they are able generally to resolve their issue within less than two days.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Report critical of effect of state's employer sanctions law
Report critical of effect of state's employer sanctions law
Fewer than 15 percent of Arizona employers - about 20,000 - have signed up to use the federal government's E-Verify system to check whether a new employee's name matches the employee's Social Security number, according to the Immigration Policy Center.
Best Compliance Practices and Immigration
The government no longer is issuing small fines to employers who commit serious Form I-9 violations. ICE now is conducting lengthy criminal investigations that result in indictments of company owners, executives, managers and other company personnel involved in these illegal activities. Criminal charges include harboring illegal aliens, money laundering and/or knowingly hiring illegal aliens. These offenses can carry a potential 10-20 year prison sentence, plus forfeiture of all company assets and revenues utilized in this illegal activity.
Businesses Learn Requirements of New Immigration LawRecently passed Mississippi Immigration legislation has businesses cramming to learn new hiring requirements. Starting July first, employers are required to verify the immigration status of new workers so companies from across the state participated in a seminar on the federal E-Verify.
Federal database assures a legal work force
Originally known as the Basic Pilot program and presented as a mandatory method of verifying work eligibility, E-Verify is presently a voluntary system that should be expanded, better funded and mandatory, with the goal of eliminating the magnet that draws illegals to our nation.
Immigration reform must be more than a 'Band-Aid'
Given that Senate and House conferees are trying for the second time this legislative session to compromise on a bill, we're not very optimistic they will produce a bill that accomplishes what they say they want to accomplish -- getting tough on businesses that hire illegal workers and thus taking away the reason many illegal immigrants are here.
Democrats Decry Immigration Raid at Iowa Processing Plant
Democrats are criticizing a recent government work-site raid targeted at illegal employees, asserting that the action separated parents from their children and devastated the local community. They called for a greater focus on employers who are breaking the law.
On immigration, bluster but little action
Tougher penalties for identity theft. A ban on so-called "sanctuary cities." New penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants. They were among proposals declared a priority…
Blunt addresses immigration law
Gov. Matt Blunt addressed House Bill 1549 during Branson’s “Capital for the Day.” Blunt highlighted the recent action taken by the General Assembly and reported he does not think the E-Verify system will cause significant delay.
Immigration Theater
Federal immigration officials raided an Iowa meatpacking plant this month in what is being called the largest operation of its kind in U.S. history. Nearly 400 of the plant's 900 employees were arrested on immigration charges.
Fewer than 15 percent of Arizona employers - about 20,000 - have signed up to use the federal government's E-Verify system to check whether a new employee's name matches the employee's Social Security number, according to the Immigration Policy Center.
Best Compliance Practices and Immigration
The government no longer is issuing small fines to employers who commit serious Form I-9 violations. ICE now is conducting lengthy criminal investigations that result in indictments of company owners, executives, managers and other company personnel involved in these illegal activities. Criminal charges include harboring illegal aliens, money laundering and/or knowingly hiring illegal aliens. These offenses can carry a potential 10-20 year prison sentence, plus forfeiture of all company assets and revenues utilized in this illegal activity.
Businesses Learn Requirements of New Immigration LawRecently passed Mississippi Immigration legislation has businesses cramming to learn new hiring requirements. Starting July first, employers are required to verify the immigration status of new workers so companies from across the state participated in a seminar on the federal E-Verify.
Federal database assures a legal work force
Originally known as the Basic Pilot program and presented as a mandatory method of verifying work eligibility, E-Verify is presently a voluntary system that should be expanded, better funded and mandatory, with the goal of eliminating the magnet that draws illegals to our nation.
Immigration reform must be more than a 'Band-Aid'
Given that Senate and House conferees are trying for the second time this legislative session to compromise on a bill, we're not very optimistic they will produce a bill that accomplishes what they say they want to accomplish -- getting tough on businesses that hire illegal workers and thus taking away the reason many illegal immigrants are here.
Democrats Decry Immigration Raid at Iowa Processing Plant
Democrats are criticizing a recent government work-site raid targeted at illegal employees, asserting that the action separated parents from their children and devastated the local community. They called for a greater focus on employers who are breaking the law.
On immigration, bluster but little action
Tougher penalties for identity theft. A ban on so-called "sanctuary cities." New penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants. They were among proposals declared a priority…
Blunt addresses immigration law
Gov. Matt Blunt addressed House Bill 1549 during Branson’s “Capital for the Day.” Blunt highlighted the recent action taken by the General Assembly and reported he does not think the E-Verify system will cause significant delay.
Immigration Theater
Federal immigration officials raided an Iowa meatpacking plant this month in what is being called the largest operation of its kind in U.S. history. Nearly 400 of the plant's 900 employees were arrested on immigration charges.
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