Implement E-Verify
E-Verify is an internet-based system operated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA).
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RSC Budget Proposes to Strengthen Immigration System
The Republican Study Committee's budget proposal for FY2020 suggests reducing low-skilled immigration, requiring all businesses to use E-Verify, and increasing both border and interior enforcement. The budget outline provides a starting point for House GOP lawmakers considering the committee is comprised of 140 Republican House Members, or more than 70% of the caucus.
Sen. Grassley Pushes for Mandatory E-Verify on Senate Floor
Sen. Grassley Introduces Mandatory E-Verify Legislation
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has re-introduced the Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act that would require all employers in the United States to begin using E-Verify for all employers within 1 year. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) has introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
Mandating E-Verify for all employers is NumbersUSA's top priority in deterring future illegal immigration.
Trump Organization to use E-Verify Across all Properties
Coming under fire in recent weeks for employing illegal workers, the Trump Organization has announced that it will use E-Verify at all of its properties. Pres. Trump called for nationwide use of E-Verify as a candidate, but he has backed off mandating it for all businesses since entering the White House.
E-Verify Still the Most Effective Way to Deter Illegal Immigration
When news first broke of the arrest of illegal alien Cristhian Rivera, it was reported that his employer, Yarrabee Farms in Brooklyn, Iowa, had used E-Verify to check if he was eligible to work in the United States. The farm's owner has since backtracked and that the company did not run Rivera through E-Verify. But that initial claim called into question the effectiveness of E-Verify and its ability to deter illegal immigration.
Rep. Black Introduces Legislation to Mandate E-Verify & Strengthen Immigration Enforcement
Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation on Tuesday that would require all employers to use E-Verify and would make illegally crossing the border a felony for first-time offenders. Rep. Black says the Zero Tolerance for Illegal Entry Act, H.R. 6318, puts the interests of American citizens and legal immigrants ahead of illegal aliens.
Sen. Grassley & Rep. Smith: E-Verify is 'the most effective tool' to Combat Illegal Immigration
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) stated in an op-ed, published today by Bloomberg, that requiring mandatory use of E-Verify for all employers would protect American workers and reduce fraud by helping businesses ensure that all new hires are legal to work in the United States.
Breaking Down House Votes on the Securing America's Future Act & the Goodlatte-Ryan-Denham Amnesty
The Securing America's Future Act, H.R. 4760, fell just 20 votes short of passing the House last week, setting a high-water mark for supporting an end to chain migration and mandatory E-Verify. Notably, more than 100 House Republicans voted against the Goodlatte-Ryan-Denham Amnesty, H.R. 6136, and in favor of H.R. 4760 -- a bill that NumbersUSA had supported since its introduction back in January.
House Votes Down Securing America's Future Act
The House of Representative voted against Rep. Bob Goodlatte's (R-Va.) H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act. The bill failed 193-to-231, falling just 20 votes short of passing through the House.
NumbersUSA to Score House Immigration Votes
The House of Representatives will vote on two immigration bills on Thursday -- H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act, and H.R. 6136, the Goodlatte-Ryan-Denham amnesty plan. NumbersUSA told House Members on Wednesday that it will score in favor of a vote for H.R. 4760 and score against a vote for the Goodlatte-Ryan-Denham amnesty plan.
Acting ICE Director Says Blame Congress for Rapid Rise in Illegal Border Crossings
DHS released border apprehension numbers for the month of May, and the numbers aren't good. Specifically, the release shows huge spikes in the number of unaccompanied children and family units attempting to cross the border illegally. Pres. Trump's tough talk on enforcement was able to slow the surge over his first year in office, but in year two, word has spread across the globe that his hands are tied when it comes to dealing with illegal border crossers unless Congress makes changes to existing law.
Study: Arizona's E-Verify Law Reduced Illegal Migration, Increased Returns
A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Colorado-Boulder found that most communities in Mexico send migrants to specific U.S. destinations, and that communities with stronger ties to Arizona saw decreased emigration and increased return migration. Researchers concluded this was the result of the Legal Arizona Workers Act, which requires all Arizona employers to use E-Verify.
10,000 Americans Sign Petition Urging Pres. Trump to Mandate E-Verify
More than 10,000 Americans signed a petition on the White House website urging Pres. Trump to sign an executive order mandating the use of E-Verify for all employers nationwide. The petition must garner another 90,000 signatures by mid-June before it can be presented to Pres. Trump to sign.
SSA Director Calls on Congress to Mandate E-Verify
Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Nancy Berryhill urged Congress, in a statement today at a House hearing on Social Security fraud, to pass immigration legislation that requires mandatory use of E-Verify for all employers. Berryhill said that mandating E-Verify, an Internet-based system operated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), would combat identity theft by reducing the fraudulent use of Social Security numbers (SSN) by illegal aliens.
USCIS Launches New Website Promoting E-Verify
Earlier this week, USCIS launched a new website -- E-Verify.gov -- containing a wealth of information on the free, online tool that allows employers to check if new hires are authorized to work in the United States. Much of the information could previously be found across the agency's main website, but the new site, dedicated to solely E-Verify, makes the information easier to access and presents it in a more effective way.
ICE Arrests 97 Illegal Workers at Tennessee Meatpacking Plant
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested arrested 97 suspected illegal-alien workers last Thursday, in the largest workplace raid in a decade, at a cattle-slaughter facility in northeast Tennessee just outside Knoxville. The agency worked with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Tennessee Highway Patrol, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to execute a federal criminal search warrant of the facility.
Washington Post: Workplace Enforcement leads to better wages for a legal workforce
Industries that have been corrupted by a business model built on illegal hiring have a long way to go to make themselves attractive to a broader swath of the American workforce. E-Verify would make the transition easier by reducing the need for disruptive raids. 95 percent of business support mandatory E-Verify if it includes a safe harbor provision for employers who use the program in good faith. The Goodlatte bill (H.R. 4760) includes such a provision. It currently has 96 cosponsors and the backing of the White House.
Ag. Lobby Pressures House to Block Goodlatte Bill
Agricultural Lobbyists are putting pressure on House leadership to reject Goodlatte's H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act, and pushing legislation that would enable their illegal alien workforce to remain in the U.S.
Politico's anti-E-Verify bias belied by its own polling
Politico's choice to describe E-Verify - but not a path to citizenship - as "controversial" reveals a subtle but clear bias that is contradicted by Politico's own polling.
H.R. 4760 Cosponsors (updated 3/14/18)
Pres. Trump Honors Barbara Jordan for Her 'America First' Immigration Policy
Pres. Trump honored Civil Rights Icon Barbara Jordan today in a message commending her for championing an “America First” immigration policy which called for the mandate of an electronic employment verification system, known today as E-Verify, and an end to chain migration.
Comparing the Securing America's Future Act to the 'Gang of 6' Proposal
Rep. Bob Goodlatte introduced H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act, last week that includes all of Pres. Trump's immigration priorities, including an end Chain Migration and the Visa Lottery and an amnesty with work permits to current DACA holders. Also last week, a bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) presented a proposal that would grant amnesty to all Dreamers and their parents. Our Capitol Hill team has prepare a chart, comparing the two different proposals and to Pres. Trump's immigration priorities.
House Republican Chairs Introduce DACA Bill That Also Ends Chain & Lottery, and Mandates E-Verify
Four House Republicans introduced legislation today to grant amnesty to DACA recipients while addressing all of Pres. Trump's demands. The Securing America's Future Act, introduced by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, House Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Raul Labrador, House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, and House Border Subcommittee Chairwoman Martha McSally, would end Chain Migration and the Visa Lottery, make E-Verify mandatory for all employers, and beef up both interior enforcement and border security.
Rep. Dave Brat to Introduce Legislation to End Chain Migration & Visa Lottery, Mandate E-Verify
Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) is working on legislation that would end Chain Migration and the Visa Lottery and require all businesses to use E-Verify. He says he's introducing the legislation now, in fear of legislation coming from a House working group GOP that would likely grant amnesty and permanent work permits to DACA recipients.
Connecting passage of ag-visa bill with mandatory E-Verify creates new opportunity
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has approved mandatory E-Verify many times. But it has never reached the House floor for a vote.
So, what makes the committee's passage of another mandatory E-Verify bill on Wednesday night any more likely to succeed?
House Judiciary Committee Passes Mandatory E-Verify Bill
Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee passed Rep. Lamar Smith’s (R-Texas) Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 3711) which would require all businesses to use E-Verify within two years. This bill would fulfill NumberUSA’s top enforcement priority.
Poll: 70% Support Putting American Workers First
A new poll conducted by National Research Inc., and The Polling Company shows overwhelming support for many of the Trump administration’s new immigration policy priorities, including putting American workers first.
AG Sessions & Rep. Lamar Smith Offer Support for WH Immigration Principles
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued statements on Sunday night supporting Pres. Trump's Immigration Principles. AG Sessions has been a long-time champion for immigration policies that would put the interests of American workers first, and Rep. Smith introduced the House companion bill to the RAISE Act that would accomplish the legal reforms in the White House principles.
WH Immigration Principles Call for Ending Chain Migration & Mandatory E-Verify
President Trump this evening released his much-awaited immigration policy "principles" that include an end to chain migration and a requirement for all businesses to use E-Verify to end the hiring of illegal workers. The administration says it is "ready to work with Congress to achieve three immigration policy objectives to ensure safe and lawful admissions; defend the safety and security of our country; and protect American workers and taxpayers."
Legal Workforce Act
The single best action Congress can take to significantly reduce illegal immigration is to require all businesses to use E-Verify.
E-Verify is an electronic verification system, maintained by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, that allows employers to ensure that they are hiring a legal workforce.
The Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 3711, was introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and would require all employers to use E-Verify within two years.
Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) are original cosponsors of the bill.
Rep. Smith: Mandatory E-Verify Would Protect American Workers and Businesses
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) wrote an op-ed in The Hill about his bill The Legal Workforce Act that would mandate E-Verify for all employers and turn off the jobs magnet for illegal aliens. House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) have co-sponsored the bill and it is scheduled for markup by the House Judiciary Committee today.
Trump calls for ending Chain Migration
Every political junkie in the country was trying to decode Pres. Trump's cryptic Tweet this morning on chain migration.
HR Society Endorses Mandatory E-Verify Bill
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) supports Rep. Lamar Smith’s (R-Texas) Legal Workforce Act, which would require all employers to use E-Verify within two years. The bill would fulfill NumbersUSA's top enforcement priority by eliminating the jobs magnet for illegal aliens.
House Votes on Immigration Amendments to Minibus Spending Bill
The House approved several good immigration amendments to the minibus spending bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies for FY 18. The immigration amendments to H.R. 3354, the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, covered both E-Verify and sanctuary cities.
Rep. Lamar Smith Introduced Mandatory E-Verify Bill
Rep. Lamar Smith reintroduced today the Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 3711. The bill would require all employers to use E-Verify within two years, fulfilling NumbersUSA's top enforcement priority.
Construction Advisor: E-Verify Protects Contractors From Increased Risk, Scrutiny
Writing in the online magazine For Construction Pros, construction industry advisor Remmie Butchko recommends that contractors use E-Verify to avoid the “costly fines, potential lawsuits and possible reputational damage” associated with hiring illegal aliens. He says the construction industry employs many foreign workers so contractors that use a relaxed hiring process open themselves up to increased risk and scrutiny.
HR Consultant: Companies Should Adopt E-Verify Before it's Mandatory
Human Resources (HR) consultant David Creelman suggests that it will be easier and cheaper for companies to implement E-Verify at their own pace rather than wait for a federal or state mandate. Creelman said that E-Verify is “a sensible system that is neither difficult nor expensive…[and] will help ensure you hire eligible and documented workers.”
Trump Budget Lays the Groundwork for National E-Verify
Pres. Trump called for making improvements to the E-Verify system in order to support a nationwide mandate in his 2018 budget request to Congress. Requiring all employers to use E-Verify is the top step in our 'Ten Steps to Fixing the Broken Immigration Enforcement System'.
Trump just getting started with immigration raids
Politico -- Seung Min Kim and Ted Hesson
Roy Beck of NumbersUSA says he prefers mandatory E-Verify — an internet-based system that allows businesses to check whether employees are in the U.S. legally — instead of wide-scale arrests. But until Congress passes a law requiring businesses to use the verification system, raids are the best tactic available, he said.
Tancredo: Mandatory E-Verify Should Be Trump's Top Immigration Priority
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo wrote an op-ed for Breitbart calling on the incoming Trump administration to make E-verify mandatory for employers their top immigration priority. E-Verify is free to employers and has an error rate of less than 1%. NumbersUSA has made mandating E-verify the first step in fixing our broken immigration enforcement system.
Chairman McCaul Outlines Homeland Security Overhaul
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Tex., unveiled a plan to overhaul homeland security that includes: “extreme vetting” of foreign travelers; revamping the visa application process; immediate suspension of all immigration, including refugees, from high-risk areas; building a wall and increasing border assets; ending catch-and-release policies; reforming asylum standards; deporting criminal aliens; ending sanctuary cities; implementing a full entry-exit system; re-examining guest-worker programs; and mandating E-Verify.
What Immigration Changes Can We Expect from Trump?
The American people have elected someone who has made repeated promises to revolutionize immigration policies so they first serve the interests of American workers and the quality-of-life desires of regular American citizens of all ethnicities.
GOP Immigration Platform focuses on American Workers and Enforcement
The immigration section of 2016 Republican Platform calls for a system that serves the national interest of the United States, focuses on protecting the American worker, opposes amnesty for illegal aliens, and promotes E-Verify, interior enforcement, and border security. The Party's platform, approved on Monday, states that immigration "must protect American working families and their wages, for citizens and legal immigrants alike, in a way that will improve the economy."
Did they die so business crooks could make more money by refusing to hire U.S. citizens
Can we possibly say we honor their sacrifice if we allow business crooks to dishonor our fellow citizens by refusing to hire them, instead giving preference to people from other national communities who have violated the rule of law that our military fights to protect?
Many states continue to help the outlaw employers hire illegal aliens. Check out your state on our updated map & list.
Look at the states that are colored orange and red on our newly updated map. Those states have elected officials who have decided that they want to protect the ability of employers to break the law and hire illegal migrants without consequences. They have enacted ZERO requirements for employers to use E-Verify.
Map of States with E-Verify Laws
A map of states that have taken action against the hiring of illegal aliens by requiring some (or all) businesses to use E-Verify. States in red or orange have taken no steps to curb the hiring of illegal workers who wish to compete for jobs with American workers. States with all other colors have taken some steps to curb illegal hiring.
MSNBC's Chris Matthews blames lack of E-Verify mandate on GOP Leadership in interview with Trump
There was an interesting exchange earlier this week during an MSNBC town hall meeting with GOP Presidential Hopeful Donald Trump. Moderator and MSNBC host, Chris Matthews asked Trump about his support for E-Verify and went after GOP Party Leaders for their failure to push E-Verify legislation through the House.
Oregon voters to have say on E-Verify Mandate
Oregon voters will soon have the chance to vote on an E-Verify mandate for businesses with 5 or more employees after the state's Supreme Court ruled on the final ballot language last week. Oregonians for Immigration Reform have been working for years to get the initiative, IP 52, on the ballot after successfully passing an initiative to ban driver's licenses to illegal aliens in 2014.
Rep. Walter Jones Cosponsors E-Verify and Local Law Enforcement Bills
Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) has cosponsored Rep. Lamar Smith’s bill to mandate E-Verify and Rep. Trey Gowdy’s bill that would strengthen interior enforcement. This makes Rep. Jones one of only three members of Congress to cosponsor all NumberUSA’s 5 Great Immigration Solution Bills, the other two members are Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) and Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.).
