Mandatory E-Verify for Employers Getting Closer to Reality

A years-long quest to require all U.S. employers to use an electronic system to check employees’ work authorization could soon come to fruition.

“With each passing day, E-Verify becomes more of a fait accompli,” said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. There is “pretty wide consensus that E-Verify needs to become universal.”

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to ratchet up its work-site enforcement efforts, some employers remain concerned about getting audited as a result of an unintentional slip-up in E-Verify. Small employers also find the time and expense of using the system daunting.

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