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Title: Don’t Tell Anyone, But the Administration Just Solved the Immigration Enforcement Problem
Source:
Volokh
URL Source: http://volokh.com/2011/05/10/dont-t ... migration-enforcement-problem/
Published: May 10, 2011
Author: Stewart Baker
Post Date: 2011-05-10 21:27:49 by go65
Keywords: None
Views: 4905
Comments: 10
Here’s a surprise. The Obama administration has unveiled a program that, if widely implemented, could dramatically improve immigration enforcement – sending millions of illegal immigrants home and reducing greatly the incentives for illegal entry – all without arresting and deporting any more people than we do today. It could mean immigration enforcement that is effective, tough, and compassionate. And no one has noticed. This has been the Holy Grail of immigration enforcers for a generation. So far, they’ve pinned their hopes on E-Verify, a voluntary electronic ID check used to enforce the immigration employment laws. E-Verify works, up to a point. When employers adopt E-Verify, the usual illegal worker scam of making up a Social Security Number doesn’t work. E-Verify checks to see whether the new hire’s name and SSN actually belong together. If they don’t match, the new hire has to correct his Social Security records if he wants to keep working. So far, so good. Not everyone wants E-Verify to succeed, though. Business hates it, and has fought hard to keep it from becoming mandatory. With federal encouragement, several states have made the program mandatory for local businesses, but the Solicitor General’s office recently reversed that federal policy and asked the Supreme Court to overturn state E-Verify laws. If Congress doesn’t act, the SG’s coup is likely to succeed, for reasons I’ve given before. The real limit on E-Verify’s success, however, is identity theft, as critics ranging from the General Accountability Office to the Florida Chamber of Commerce are quick to point out. E-Verify can be fooled if an illegal worker assumes the name and social security number of a real person. E-Verify has struggled with that problem for years. It’s had some success, mainly by adding ID photos to the its database, but it is still dogged by the threat of identity theft. That’s why I was so surprised when the Obama administration solved the problem, more or less overnight. To understand how, we need to take a closer look at a different problem that I mentioned earlier — the pressure on workers to clean up their records quickly. E-Verify is only used by employers after they’ve hired someone. That can cause timing problems for legitimate workers who may have a mismatch because they recently naturalized or changed their names without correcting their Social Security records. Although the system has improved greatly recently, E-Verify still flags some of these as a problem, leaving legal workers only a short time to clean up their records if they want to keep working. Can’t we ease this problem, DHS asked, by giving individuals access to the E-Verify system before they apply? They can check their own records to see if there’s a matching problem, and if there is, they can cure it on their own timetable, without an employer breathing down their necks. That’s what E-Verify has begun to do. It is rolling out something called “E-Verify Self Check” starting in Arizona, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Mississippi, and Virginia. If you live in one of those states, you can go on line here and make sure your records are in order.
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#1. To: go65 (#0)
And keep running SS#'s until they find a valid one to steal. hObama is aiding and abetting identity theft. Is anyone surprised?
I recall a re-run of MASH I saw where this uber right winger named Colonel Flagg... Why would an illegal stand in line to do this self-check? Because they are stupid??? I don't think so. We cannot solve the illegal immigration problem until Mexico solves its problems and creates a place where people want to stay. Unfortunately, the corrupt politicians in Mexico have no intention of doing that. But we COULD solve the problem of growing drug violence on the border by legalizing marijuana and cocaine, which would decimate the drug cartels. Unfortunately, the corrupt politicians in America have no intention of doing that.
I find I agree with you far more than I disagree with you.
"Thats because your basically and idiot." Legalizing cocaine is a very stupid idea.
why? the war on drugs isn't working.
"Thats because your basically and idiot." Legalizing cocaine is a very stupid idea. why? the war on drugs isn't working. How about addressing the statement, dumbass, instead of running from it?
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Adults are conversing, please take your idiocy elsewhere.
"Thats because your basically and idiot." How about addressing the statement, dumbass, instead of running from it? Adults are conversing, please take your idiocy elsewhere. Fuuuuuck you, dumbass. Address the topic. btw, the irony of a liberal that can't focus on the topic claiming 'adults are conversing' is amusing.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
"Thats because your basically and idiot." Address the topic. btw, the irony of a liberal that can't focus on the topic claiming 'adults are conversing' is amusing. Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
by giving individuals access to the E-Verify system before they apply? They can check their own records to see if there’s a matching problem
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Godwinson posted on 2011-02-23 11:47:32 ET
http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=18011&Disp=46#C46
#2. To: go65 (#0)
(Edited)
If you live in one of those states, you can go on line here and make sure your records are in order.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#3. To: jwpegler (#2)
But we COULD solve the problem of growing drug violence on the border by legalizing marijuana and cocaine, which decimate the drug cartels.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#4. To: go65 (#3)
#5. To: A K A Stone (#4)
Legalizing cocaine is a very stupid idea.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#6. To: go65 (#5)
#7. To: Badeye (#6)
How about addressing the statement, dumbass, instead of running from it?
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#8. To: go65 (#7)
#9. To: Badeye (#8)
Adults are conversing, please take your idiocy elsewhere.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#10. To: go65 (#9)
Fuuuuuck you, dumbass.
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