Comments on: Quick poll: Using E-verify

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:49:25 +0000

Our company has been using E-Verify since Jan. 1, 2008, and it is a fantastic tool/program. It is very easy to use and helps protects the company! It is a great program!

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:57:24 +0000

E-Verify works extremely well, we have been using it since it first started as Basic pilot Program.
It is fast and easy to use, and takes the “guess work” out of who is legal and who is not.

I DO NOT think it should be used to go back and verify previous employees, it should be for New Hires only.

By: Deborah Kopki

Deborah Kopki — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:57:04 +0000

We have been using the e-verify or its original name the basic pilot program since 2001 and have had no problems at all. Makes employment verification a snap!

By: joe

joe — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:16:48 +0000

The only ones opposed to it are the illegals it is meant to weed out.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:35:38 +0000

I support HR 5515 New Employee Verification Act (NEVA). SHRM is behind it and I agree wholeheartedly!

Employers can use the state “new hire” reporting process, which is currently used for child support enforcement, to access EEVS. This would allow employers to confirm the work eligibility of U.S. citizens through the SSA database and that of non-citizens through the DHS database.

Everything can be done electronically and it eliminates the I-9 altogether. If they can eliminate the I-9, think of the time, paper and storage that can be saved for employers. Everyone wins. Why not use a system already in place that already works instead of having an entirely separate database run by DHS that is still based on paper identification? I think the E-Verify system is wasteful and amounts to unnecessary government spending to have two separate databases when we can use the one in place for child support. Why have an extra step when the new hire reporting is done anyhow?

I was disappointed when the E-Verify system was given another 5 years.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:16:59 +0000

We have not used it, but our State Legislature mandated use starting in January 2009. More bureaucratic regulations to comply with and no guarentee of immunity from prosecution if an illegal alien slips through. One more step toward total control of the “means of production” by the government.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:54:22 +0000

Since Arizona mandated use of it 1/1/08 we’ve been using it. It works just fine. I agree with Rose, I don’t understand the negativity with it. It works for us with no major issues.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:49:24 +0000

Have used it since July 2008. Great tool! Easy to use and removes the guesswork from I-9 issues! I would hate to lose this service.

By: Chyrel

Chyrel — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:41:31 +0000

I was involved in the pilot program and have continued to use E-Verify. It must stay!!!

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:40:44 +0000

We have been using it for almost two years now. It’s a great tool. I don’t understand what the negative hoopla is all about, it works fine and is definitely doable.