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The below was sent today.<\/p>\n
Ms. Wilson, thank you for your time on the phone this morning. As discussed, here are some questions for an upcoming column\/news report on the statewide news outlet, Insider Advantage Georgia.<\/p>\n
A recent Bloomberg news report<\/a> contains well-researched information that seems to indicate some Georgia employers with E-Verify MOUs are not using the system to verify work eligibility of some or all newly hired employees. This would be a violation of the terms of the E-Verify MOU<\/a> which states: “The Employer must use E-Verify for all new employees. The Employer will not verify selectively and will not verify employees hired before the effective date of this MOU.”<\/p>\n Bloomberg: “Georgia, for instance, has 101,667 enrolled businesses, the most in the country. It also has the lowest percentage\u201423\u202fpercent\u2014of enrollees that e-verified a hire in the past year\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n With the employment market booming, it is logical to assume that far more than 23% of E-Verify users in Georgia have hired new employees in the last year and that many E-Verify users in Georgia are in violation of their MOU. As you know, use of E-Verify is mandated by state law for public employers and contractors\/vendors and for most private employers.<\/p>\n Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n 1) Does USCIS\/DHS have in place any audit, or monitoring system to insure that E-Verify users are in compliance with the MOU which clearly states \u201cthe Employer must use E-Verify for all new employees. The Employer will not verify selectively and will not verify employees hired before the effective date of this MOU\u201d<\/em>, please?<\/strong><\/p>\n 2) Does USCIS\/DHS have a system by which non-compliance with the MOU is sanctioned with revocation of the MOU for employers? From the E-Verify MOU: “Notwithstanding Article V, part A of this MOU, DHS may terminate this MOU, and thereby the Employer\u2019s participation in E-Verify, with or without notice at any time if deemed necessary because of the requirements of law or policy, or upon a determination by SSA or DHS that there has been a breach of system integrity or security by the Employer, or a failure on the part of the Employer to comply with established E-Verify procedures and\/or legal requirements.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 3) Has USCIS\/DHS terminated any MOUs for non-complaince in the last year in Georgia? Any other state?<\/strong><\/p>\n 4) Does USCIS\/DHS have in place a system by which public complaints of non-compliance in E-Verify MOUs are taken?<\/strong><\/p>\n 5) Please alert me to the database or resource that indicates the number of E-verify users who verified a new hire in the past?<\/strong><\/p>\n I may have follow up questions. Thanks again for your interest.<\/p>\n Have a nice weekend!<\/p>\n D.A. King<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The below was sent today. Ms. Wilson, thank you for your time on the phone this morning. As discussed, here are some questions for an upcoming column\/news report on the statewide news outlet, Insider Advantage Georgia. A recent Bloomberg news report contains well-researched information that seems to indicate some Georgia employers with E-Verify MOUs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12755,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750\/revisions\/12755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}