Nextgov – Latest delay to E-Verify prompts doubts about program’s future
“It is inexcusable that … the administration has delayed the requirement for federal contractors to use E-Verify,” said Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., in a statement issued Wednesday. “Time after time we have heard congressional testimony supporting the credibility and importance of E-Verify, which is why the secretary of Homeland Security has endorsed this important project. The administration needs to stop playing political games and rectify this situation immediately so that taxpayer money isn’t funding illegitimate employment and hard-working citizens aren’t pushed to the back of the employment line.”Business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and immigration rights advocates, however, have strongly opposed the program, citing its cost to small businesses and an error rate they deem unacceptably high.
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