RTOHQ: The Magazine, May-June 2017

state laws have financial penalties for violations A Government Accounting Office GAO study showed that 17 percent of employers admitted to restricting work assignments until authorization was confirmed Another 15 percent admitted delaying training until employment mismatch issues were cleared up These are violations of the program The problem can be especially acute in border states A survey in Arizona found that one third of agricultural employees were fired after the employer got an initial TNC and none of the employees was notified of any appeal rights 4 E V E R I F Y D I S CRIMI NAT E S The program is certain to discriminate against certain classes of employees according to the NILC The GAO found that in 2008 the rate of TNC notices sent to foreign born employees was 20 times higher than for U S born employees Common sense would indicate that employees with foreign names naturalized citizens and legal immigrants are going to get flagged by the program more often than U S citizens with Anglo Saxon names It is often the case that minorities have original names often with original spellings that can give rise to data transcription errors at a higher rate than traditional names There will perforce be higher incidences of TNC notices sent to minorities and it is happening just that way goo gl H8LUtW 5 PRIVACY and SECURITY ISSUES The E Verify program will create significant privacy and security threats to Americans As use of the system increases an enormous amount of personal information including names Social Security numbers phone numbers email addresses employment information immigration information and photographs is being accumulated The repository of this information will be accessible to intelligence agencies law enforcement licensing boards and others no matter what efforts are undertaken to keep the information private It is 18 RTOHQ The Magazine simply a sign of the times When errors do occur as they certainly will they will be exacerbated because of the widespread availability of the erroneous information It could come to pass that the program becomes the chief system for identification in the country That could mean that someone in the E Verify system with bad data erroneous or otherwise wouldnt be allowed to fly cash checks rent a car check into a hotel or attempt any other kind of financial transaction where identification is required All of this information on millions of people in one place will certainly attract hackers with the goal of identity theft which is likely to increase exponentially The government has already shown itself inadequate at protecting peoples information witness the recent data breaches at the Internal Revenue Service In fact E verify databases have already been hacked twice in Minnesota The company hired to process the E verify forms allowed unauthorized individuals to access the information for some 37000 people in the system in 2009 6 THE COST of E VERIFY It will cost a fortune to implement a mandatory E Verify program for the entire country Even though use of the program by employers is free the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that it will cost 23 billion over 10 years to implement the program nationally and additionally will decrease federal revenues by some 17 billion over the same period due to an increase in the number of undocumented workers being paid outside the tax system goo gl PqvEiX NILCs full report Verification Nation How E Verify Affects Americas Workers is available at goo gl xdQNoc o E Verify is not a perfect system There are those of course who want no checks of any kind on people seeking work in this country They also want open borders They tend to be globalists who argue that the time for nation states has come and gone and that everyone should just be a citizen of the world Most people are not there and most wont get there in this lifetime For the moment we continue to have sovereign nations and those nations have the right to determine who gets to live and work within their borders Rental dealers have to use E Verify in a number of states For dealers in the other states they will want to investigate the program in some detail and decide whether it makes sense for them and their employees H Ed Winn III is APROs general counsel His email address is edwinn@ mwvmlaw com FOR THE MOMENT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SOVEREIGN NATIONS AND THOSE NATIONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHO GETS TO LIVE AND WORK WITHIN THEIR BORDERS RENTAL DEALERS HAVE TO USE E VERIFY IN A NUMBER OF STATES FOR DEALERS IN THE OTHER STATES THEY WILL WANT TO INVESTIGATE THE PROGRAM IN SOME DETAIL AND DECIDE WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM AND THEIR EMPLOYEES