Should e-verify only be used on companies who hire over 100 people?

Question

S. Carolina uses e-verify only if employer hires over 100 people, should this be changed?
Should e-verify be used in all cases of employment?
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State and local E-Verify changes arriving with the New Year

State Law - by John Fay -
December 31, 2009 - 16:35 America/New_York

On January 1, 2010, new state and local E-Verify requirements will go into effect in Georgia, South Carolina, Illinois, and Lancaster, California. Here is a quick summary for all employers doing business in these locations :

South Carolina: presently, the South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act requires all employers with 100 employees or more to participate in E-Verify or only hire employees who possess or qualify for a South Carolina driver’s license (or other state license with similarly strict requirements). Starting in the New Year, the law will expand to include all state contractors, regardless of size. By mid-year (July 1), it will cover all employers. For more information regarding state contractor requirements in South Carolina, please visit this link.

Illinois: as of January 1, 2010, employers choosing to voluntarily enroll in E-Verify are urged to consult the Illinois Department of Labor website, which will contain information regarding the accuracy of E-Verify, the financial burden on employers, and their responsibilities. In addition, employers enrolling in E-Verify must complete an attestation form (available here) to indicate that the employer (a) has received E-Verify training materials and that all employees who will administer the program have completed the tutorial; and (b) has posted the required participation and anti-discrimination notices. The new law also creates a cause of action for employees and prospective employees in the event the employer fails to abide by the various E-Verify provisions. The entire law can be viewed here.

Georgia: On January 1, 2010, public employers (city, municipality and county), contractors and subcontractors will be required to post their federally issued E-Verify user identification number and date of authorization to use E-Verify on their website. Covered cities that do not maintain a website must annually publish the identification number and date of authorization in the legal organ for the county. (*O.C.G.A. Section 13-10-91 requires that all public employers register and participate with E-verify). See this page for more information.

Lancaster, CA: Beginning January 1, 2010, businesses operating in the City of Lancaster (California) will be required to use E-Verify for all new hires. The ordinance also states that those who hire unauthorized workers may have their business licenses revoked. For more information, visit this site.

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Answer 1

Every employer doing business in the boundaries of the U.S. needs to use E-Verify. Even the foreign owned businesses who set up shop here. This should be mandatory to all and equally across the board, no matter how many they have in their employment. Because even hiring one starts the avalanche of many to do the same. In doing so, it is still against the policies we already have in place to deal with employers who continually hire illegals, while claiming they didn't know it. When these employers get busted for having illegals within their companies... The solution on the books should be enforced whether they knowingly hired illegals or not. If they are illegal, the companies should pay the just punishment that has been there on the books as it has been for all other businesses equally across the board.



And what good does it do to just ask for those who have valid S.C. drivers licenses? We all know that when states started clamping down on giving out drivers licenses to those illegally here, illegals started their bum rushes to other states who haven't been as strict. Some states still exist that give out drivers licenses to illegals. All they have to do is start there, and low and behold end up in S.C. with a "valid id" to exchange for a S.C. drivers license.

Answer 2

The co. I work for uses it, and when I filled my I-9 out it caused me no problems what so ever, at the moment the branch I work for has 25 employees. I would like to see it used in our social programs also to be extended to the guardians before benefits are payed out to anchor children.

Answer 3

No. E-verify is free. EVERY employer should use it to check out EVERY potential employee

Answer 4

Deport illegals don't use them as a reason to change laws that will only erode our freedoms.

Answer 5

All employers should be required to use it regardless.