You are so right.
Opening the door that gives government the power to tell private employers whom they can and cannot hire will have unintended consequences that we will all regret.
The law makes it illegal to hire an illegal alien and it is illegal for an illegal alien to work here. We already have a system that is mandatory for employers. It is called the I-9 form. It is far easier for the I-9 to be compromised than e-verify, which is currently voluntary. Trump wants to make it mandatory.
E-verify is used nationwide by more than 600,000 employers of all sizes
It is used at more than 1.9 million hiring sites
Joined by about 1,400 new participating companies every week
And it is one of the federal government’s highest-rated services for customer satisfaction.
Form I-9 is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. All U.S. employers must ensure proper completion of Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment in the United States.
This includes citizens and noncitizens. Both employees and employers (or authorized representatives of the employer) must complete the form. On the form, an employee must attest to his or her employment authorization. The employee must also present his or her employer with acceptable documents evidencing identity and employment authorization. The employer must examine the employment eligibility and identity document(s) an employee presents to determine whether the document(s) reasonably appear to be genuine and to relate to the employee and record the document information on the Form I-9. The list of acceptable documents can be found on the last page of the form. Employers must retain Form I-9 for a designated period and make it available for inspection by authorized government officers. NOTE: State agencies may use Form I-9. Also, some agricultural recruiters and referrers for a fee may be required to use Form I-9.