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Immigration Hearing Begun
Published Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 05:01 AM
North Carolina Representative Heath Shuler told the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security that Congress should act on his enforcement-oriented bill before the Internet-based E-Verify system expires in November. Shuler’s bill would make the program mandatory for all employers. The system allows employers to check employees’ work eligibility by verifying their Social Security numbers. Started in 1996, it’s voluntary in all states except Arizona, which has enacted a state law requiring all employers to use the system.
But other lawmakers said making the system mandatory would pose unnecessary complications for the Social Security Administration, which would have to deal with backlogs and errors. Meanwhile, the Homeland Security Department is moving forward with a proposed rule requiring employers to verify whether employees who provide Social Security numbers that don’t match federal records are legally eligible to work in the United States. It was apparent from testimony and remarks by various members that the Speaker’s goal would be difficult to achieve.
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