According to www.dhs.gov:
“E-Verify” authorizes 93% of applicants within 5 seconds.
“E-Verify” authorizes 94.2% of applicants in 24 hours.
“E-Verify” mistakenly rejects 0.5% (1 in 200) of applicants. In almost all cases they only need to correct small errors with their Social Security or Green Card paperwork. In almost all cases the law allows them to begin work as soon as they file the correction forms.
“E-Verify” correctly rejects 5.3% of applicants within 5 seconds. Almost 100% of these applicants do not return to the job site after rejection.
I don't have a problem with making sure we only hire eligible employees. I do that. I don't like that the government doesn't do the job and puts the onus on business.
How about this? The next time you hire a contractor to do work at your home you make sure all their employees are eligible workers? Having said all this, at least it's a start. I just want to see the feds step up, enforce immigration laws and build the fence.