Sophia Tareen of Associated Press reports: Former workers at two suburban Chicago businesses filed complaints Tuesday saying their employers violated state law by using the E-Verify database to help determine the employees’ legal status to work after they were hired. The complaints are the first filed regarding the E-Verify system in Illinois, the state which…
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Witnesses: E-Verify system can’t detect ID theft
The Homeland Security Department’s E-Verify employment verification system cannot detect identity theft and fraudulent applications, according to testimony before a Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee. The Internet-based E-Verify system allows employers to check Social Security numbers for their employees and prospective employees to determine whether the numbers are valid and the employees are therefore eligible to…