{"id":2098,"date":"2009-02-09T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T18:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2009-02-09T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T18:20:13","slug":"e-verify-program-995-accurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/09\/e-verify-program-995-accurate\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Verify: Program 99.5% Accurate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moving Forward With E-Verify: Program to Check Legal Status Already 99.5% Accurate<\/p>\n

Sep 19, 2008 <\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 \/PRNewswire-USNewswire\/ — The E-Verify program, which
\nallows employers to check the immigration status of new employees, has been
\nsteadily improving and is now 99.5 percent accurate, according to a new paper
\nby the Center for Immigration Studies. This voluntary program is already
\nscreening more than one in ten new hires nationwide, and as of September 13,
\n2008, has processed 6.21 million queries.<\/p>\n

E-Verify is set to expire on November 30, 2008, unless it is re-authorized <\/a>by
\nCongress. The House of Representatives has already passed a reauthorization
\nbill by a vote of 407-2. The Senate has yet to take action.<\/p>\n

To help inform debate over E-Verify, the Center for Immigration Studies has
\nproduced a thorough evaluation. The Backgrounder, entitled “If It’s Fixed,
\nDon’t Break It: Moving Forward with E-Verify,” is authored by Janice Kephart,
\nDirector of National Security Studies at the Center and a former counsel to
\nthe 9\/11 Commission. The report covers the many facets of the E-Verify debate:
\nstatistics regarding usage, cost, and effectiveness; legislative history;
\nexecutive orders affecting the program; the relationship of E-Verify to
\nworksite enforcement; and past improvements to the program as well as future
\ngoals.<\/p>\n

The report is available online at www.cis.org. Among the findings:
\n — As of the first half of FY 2007, only one-half of one percent of
\n eligible employees screened had to take additional steps (like
\n correcting Social Security records) to obtain work authorization;
\n overall, the system is 99.5% accurate.<\/p>\n

— More than 93 percent of employees are verified within five seconds;
\n another 1.2 percent are verified within 24 hours. A new Photo
\nScreening
\n Tool and a streamlined procedure for naturalized citizens to receive
\n authorization are increasing accuracy and efficiency for employers and
\n employees; naturalized citizens no longer need to take remedial action
\n at Social Security.<\/p>\n

— About 5 percent of new employees are not confirmed as work authorized,
\n mirroring the same percentage of illegal aliens estimated to be in the
\n labor force.<\/p>\n

— When E-Verify became web-based later in 2004, 1,533 employers had
\nsigned
\n up. As of September 13, 2008, there are 85,816 employers representing
\n over 446,000 sites and over 6.21 million queries processed.
\nCurrently,
\n about 1,000 new employers join per week.<\/p>\n

— Eleven states require use of E-Verify in certain circumstances (AZ,
\nCO,
\n GA, ID, MN, MO, MS, NC, OK, RI, and UT).<\/p>\n

SOURCE Center for Immigration Studies<\/p>\n

Janice Kephart of the Center for Immigration Studies, +1-202-466-8185,
\njlk@cis.org<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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