E-Verify Program Still Alive

The E-Verify program is very much alive in Congress, Farm Progress reports. The program would allow employers to check the work status of their employees electronically. E-Verify is designed to help employers stay within the law by hiring people who are legally in this country. E-Verify has been included as an amendment to the Senate’s Homeland Security Appropriations bill.

The amendment, written by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) requires employers who elect to check all workers to notify the secretary of Homeland Security that they plan to verify their existing work force. The employer would then have 10 days to check all workers.

Grassley said this short time period would prevent employers from targeting certain workers by claiming they are still working on verifying the remainder of their work force. If an employer wishes to check existing workers, then they must check them all.