Guess who’s breaking the feds’ E-Verify rules
January 19, 2010 by Sam NarisiPosted in: HR Tech, Immigration, In this week's e-newsletter - Tech, Latest News & Views
Use of the federal government’s E-Verify system is growing, but there’s one employer that’s holding back:
The Social Security Administration.
According to an internal audit, the SSA, which runs E-Verify, failed to run checks on its own employees 20% of the time in the past two years. Also, about half the checks that were done weren’t finished in a timely manner, the Washington Times reports.
When companies sign up for E-Verify, they’re required to use the system for all new hires and begin the process within three days after the hire date.
Some critics have used the SSA audit’s findings to argue that the system is impractical in its current form.
What do you think? Do you use E-Verify? Does SSA have an excuse for not following the requirements? Let us know in the comments section below.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Until the US government summons the courage to provide massive penalties for anybody found as accomplice to assisting illegal aliens staying in America. Until businesses are fined $50.000 to $100.000 dollars for knowingly hiring each illegal immigrant, with an immediate passport to jail for any employer with no clemency. Or going straight to prison for at least one year on the first offense, for aiding and abetting foreign nationals. This type of rigid law will never happen, because immigration is just lip service to the public to show that Washington is superficially doing something. For decades, any kind of serious enforcement has always been trampled into the mud, by pandering politicians. If immigration laws were serious–they would have made trespassing into our country a mandatory felony as other countries, instead of a pathetic slap on the wrist. 20 to 30 million Illegal immigrants have been allowed to occupy our nation, because our lawmakers have been corrupted by the special interest lobbyists. Even the original design of the Southern border fence, was superseded by one single length instead of two, with vehicle surveillance lanes in between. More fencing and additional Border Patrol agents will not be sufficient to protect America because every one of our international airports is part of our border. Tom Tancredo previous Congressman for Colorado warns us that over 140 million international travelers passed through our 20 busiest international airports in 2008. Foreign students from the Middle East are bringing their wives and girlfriends here to have their babies in American hospitals, children who become instant American citizens – and “anchors” for their parents’ future green-card applications.
Large bankrolls have changed hands by wealthy corporate concerns, adding copious incentives to party campaigns to trample new laws. This has been illustrated by Sen. Harry Reid, Majority Speaker Nancy Pelosi and even head of our Homeland Security Janet Napolitano trying to collapse E-Verify. As Part of the SAVE ACT, E-Verify is one of our strongest tools, to eject illegal workers out of American jobs. E-Verify was nearly comprised by the Liberal Democrats, but it surfaced and came to the attention of the public and anti-illegal labor bloggers. Any enforceable law such as E-Verify, 287(g) local police detainment, ICE arrest have been secretly undermined by the legislators. Not completely, but enough to make them almost worthless. Today, more than ever before–we cannot trust our government, who supposedly take this oath office to protect the United States citizenship.
May be there is a light at the end of the tunnel, with the stunned expressions of Democrats when Scott Brown, beat Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts special election. State Sen. Brown has stated he is against any kind of AMNESTY or as its called by open border zealots Comprehensive immigration reform. The Senator also said that we are encouraging more illegal immigrants to come, by awarding AMNESTY. Just as millions more are expected, if the doors remain open before President Obama should sign into law this new act. You cannot stop a deluge with just a thin line of US Border Patrol agents. This is where we must–DEMAND–stringent fines and hefty prison sentences for business owners–with no exceptions. The new second generation well-funded E-Verify will make a giant difference, that will rid this country of illegal workers and those criminal businesses that believe they are above the law. The new E-Verify upgrade will whittle away at the estimated 8 million illegal workers in our country, with their only option to go–HOME?
Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga) is the principal author of H.R.1868, which repeals “birthright citizenship” by limiting citizenship to children born of citizens and legal permanent residents, not Tourists, foreign students, temporary workers or illegal aliens. Rep. Phil Gringrey (R-Ga) H.R.878 would end chain migration by limiting the relatives who qualify for “family reunification” to only immediate family members. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va) bill, H.R.2305, will end the “diversity lottery” through which 55,000 green cards are awarded annually to people who are exempt from sponsorship and job-skill requirements. (Over 1.5 million legal immigrants enter America every year.) Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-Tn) H.R.2406 will strengthen local law enforcement’s role in immigration enforcement, for example in extending the reach of 287(g) agreements between local police and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN SHINED-ON THROUGH MANY ADMINISTRATIONS OVER MANY YEARS. AMERICANS HAVE UNKNOWINGLY BEEN TAXED, TO SUPPORT INSTANT CITIZEN CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHERS, EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND FILLED OUR PLACES OF IMPRISONMENT. MASSIVE DOLLAR AMOUNTS CANNOT BE COUNTED, BUT CERTAINLY RIVAL THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR OUR WARS. Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and asked for your Senator or Congressman. In addition bombard your State Representatives to enforce state laws. GET INVOLVED AND LEARN THE TRUTH AND NOT OPEN BORDER PROPAGANDA AT NUMBERSUSA AND JUDICIAL WATCH. STOP UNSUSTAINABLE OVERPOPULATION IN OUR FUTURE.
January 26th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Wow Brittanucus,
I gather that you are a native American – or did your family immigrate to the US at some point in the past 234 years?
As a LEGAL immigrant to this country, I went through the proper channels and have now obtained citizenship. I agree that it is not fair or proper that those who come without following the regulations would have the same standing as those of us that do follow the rules.
The problem I have with sweeping tirades such as you have submitted is that it flames the fires of prejudice and tars the majority of us – whether personally or corporately – that follow the rules with the same brush as the few that choose not to follow the rules.
It is easy enough to say “Send them all home” – but where is home for the 18 or 20 year old who came with their parents 15 or more years ago? Where is home for the many that have drifted from various South American countries over the generations and have family members born and living through out North and South America?
It is easy enough to state that you are spending tax dollars on illegal immigrants – but what about the tax dollars they often pay and the money they spend on food, housing and other items here in the US? Is it better to spend our tax dollars on aid to them in their original countries where they would have no means of supporting themselves?
This is not a simple black and white issue. It is going to take a long term approach to both limit job and service opportunities and to make it easier to immigrate legally. Yes make it easier to immigrate – so that all pass through a process that provides control, and back ground checking.
January 26th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
My statement would be in response to Carolyn “the few that choose not to follow the rules…” Have you checked county hospitals lately? But as an HR Manager who is not bilingual, I have jobs for anyone regardless of primary language as long as current unexpired identification is shown. I agree there should be penalties to prevent illegal hiring in the first place. But also as an HR manager with compassion, I will be the first to show anyone the appropriate forms for getting documented and redocumented as necessary.
January 26th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Carolyn,
No! My ancestral background is the Inuit from Russian Alaska. My Great, Great grandfather was a Danish Waling Captain who married into the tribe. While he was away my Great, Grandmother passed away, because he was gone to long. She had to bring up three children and when he returned, he picked up the children and placed them in a home in Juneau. Later he took the children and moved to Southampton England. My Mother gave me all the records regarding my genealogical background. So Carolyn you might say I’m native American?
January 27th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Carolyn,
I am in the same position as you are, and totally agree with you, I agree with Brittancus on some points, there should be stricter enforcement of the rules to start with!
March 8th, 2010 at 10:28 am
I guess I’m at a loss as to how you can penalize a business for hiring an illegal when they use e-Verify and the employee passes with fraudulant ID. We can’t use either Soc Sec Verification OR e-Verify until we have already hired the employee. If they come up with a failed verification AFTER we hire them, we must be very careful about firing them, because the system isn’t perfect and if we fire someone they could come back and cause trouble because the system made an error. AND, an illegal employee could pass verification if they have ID created using identity fraud. So while I agree that a good deal of e-Verify is lip service and our legislature is more interested in satisfying special interest groups, I really don’t see how an employer can be penalized for doing the best they can.