USCIS Prepares for E-Verify Expansion
Mon, MAY 22nd 2017 @ 2:49 pm EDT
Mark Schwartz, the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) Chief Information Office, said the agency is “streamlining the [E-Verify] process and making it capable of scaling if we bring more employers” into the system. E-Verify is currently voluntary, except for federal contractors and employers in states that require its use to varying degrees. But Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced all-employer legislation in January and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) is expected to offer another bill soon.
E-Verify is a free, online system that enables employers to check for the workplace eligibility of new hires. Over 646,000 employers currently use the system, which has an error rate of 0.16 percent.
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