E-Verify Delayed Again
June 9th, 2009 by 
Kevin
The Obama administration has delayed implementation of a rule requiring most federal contractors to use the federal E-Verify system to check the work authorization status of their new hires. They have delayed it for the FOURTH time.
E-Verify is a proven, successful tool operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration. It allows employers to quickly and easily check the work authorization status of their new hires. According to DHS, the program has an impressive accuracy rate: \”About 99.6% of all work-authorized employees verified through E-Verify are verified without receiving a tentative non-confirmation or having to take any type of corrective action.\” It\’s no wonder that this program enjoys overwhelming support in the US House.
The program would seem to be doubly important in these tough economic times. With unemployment approaching 10%, it would seem wise that the jobs that there are should go to Americans, rather than illegal aliens. But it seems the Obama administration is too busy tossing fuel on the fire that is our recession to be bother with doing something that is proven and makes sense.
The rule is now set to take effect on September 8, 2009 – nearly nine months after the original effective date. How many jobs will be lost by then?
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