More Employers Check Work Authorization

The use of the online employment verification system known as E-Verify continues to grow among employers all over the United States. The Internet-based system has listed about 210,000 registered users across the country.

Mississippi and Arizona have required all public and state employers to use the system. E-verify checks whether individuals have permission to work in the United States. It is run by the U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS), and employers go on to the USCIS website to verify employees' information against a database.

Around 97 percent of all checks get an "employment authorized" feedback in about three seconds. Three percent will have a feedback saying "tentative" "non-confirmation" and 2.8 percent of workers verified turn out to be unauthorized to work in the U.S.

When the latter happens the employer by law must fire the worker. To register for E-Verify, employers must commit that they will fire un-authorized workers. However, it is not necessary to report a worker who checks out to be un-authorized to immigration authorities. Last year 13 million workers were checked through the E-Verify system.

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