E-verify removes the burden from the employer and places it on the government to verify if a worker is eligible.
It is a great tool for getting illegals to self deport.
Have you considered the possibility that an administration like Obama’s might abuse ‘E-verify’?
It seems to me that such a system could quite easily be misused by a politically partisan, pro-illegal immigration, administration such as Mr. Obama’s.
It could potentially be a tool to harass opponents of the administration (“We’re sorry, sir, but SSA says you are NOT eligible to work in this country. I’m sure it’s just a mix-up of some sort and they have assured me that they should be able to get things squared away so you can get a job and start earning some money in no more than 6 months or so”).
Crazy? Maybe; but I can also think of a much more likely, and more damaging overall, method by which a system such as ‘e-verify’ could be misused. A pro-illegal-immigration administration’s SSA could improperly declare large numbers of illegal aliens to actually be ELIGIBLE for employment. Given how difficult it is to deport illegal aliens now, imagine how much harder it will be when they have a piece of paper in their hand from the government saying they are eligible to work in this country. A widespread ‘policy’ of ‘accidently’ declaring illegals eligible to work would basically serve as a defacto amnesty- and congress would not even need to be consulted.
I think there is a chance that the ‘pro-amnesty’ crowd is actually only feigning opposition to e-verify (PLEASE don’t throw me in that briar patch”) in order to get those who support true reform ‘spun up’ enough to force its approval. Later, when it is a dismal failure, or has been horribly abused, they can declare “well, you asked for it!”