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More E-Verify Mistakes

July 23, 2009

Some illegal immigrants with stolen Social Security numbers are able to gain clearance for employment in the United States even after being checked through the federal government's pioneering online E-Verify system, senators and the Migration Policy Institute warned this week.

The senators, led by Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, and the think tank said the loophole must be closed before Congress undertakes comprehensive immigration reform and before the Department of Homeland Security requires federal contractors and recipients of economic stimulus funds to use the federal employment verification system.

Staffing firms that provide federal contractors have been aware of e-Verify for some time now and have grappled with delays and postponements.