The resistance to E-Verify isn’t just about Texas Republicans’ reluctance to regulate business, Melmed said. It’s about how such a system could impact the state’s labor supply and economy.

The resistance to E-Verify isn’t just about Texas Republicans’ reluctance to regulate business, Melmed said. It’s about how such a system could affect the state’s labor supply and economy. Illegal ...

E-Verify is a web-based system where employers can check to see if their new hires are eligible to work in the U.S., and all Arizona businesses have been required to use it since 2008.

Dive Brief: Employers should use E-Verify to regularly generate status change reports that identify whether an employee’s Employment Authorization Document has been revoked, the U.S. Department ...

A proposal that would require small businesses to use the federal E-Verify system to check the immigration status of newly hired workers started moving forward Tuesday in the House.

To green-light employees, the E-Verify system matches documents, such as licenses and Social Security cards, to a U.S. government database of eligible workers. But it vets paperwork, not people.

Even though E-Verify is not mandatory, many employers willingly use the program. More than 250,000 American employers currently use it, and an average of 1,300 new businesses sign up each week.

A proposal that would require small businesses to use the federal E-Verify system to check the immigration status of newly hired workers started moving forward Tuesday in the House. The Republican ...

The Iowa Senate has voted to require that every Iowa business use the federal government’s E-Verify system to check whether employees and job applicants are U.S. citizens or legal residents of ...

Expanding E-Verify, she said, is “not really in anybody’s interest.” This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.

The resistance to E-Verify isn’t just about Texas Republicans’ reluctance to regulate business, Melmed said. It’s about how such a system could impact the state’s labor supply and economy.