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Senators, institute warn of loophole in E-Verify immigration system
Thursday, July 23, 2009  Some illegal immigrants with stolen Social Security numbers can gain clearance for legal employment in the United States through the federal government’s online E-Verify system, senators and the Migration Policy Institute warned Tuesday. The senators, led by Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, and the nonpartisan think tank said the loophole must be closed before Congress undertakes comprehensive immigration reform and before the Homeland Security Department requires federal contractors and recipients of economic stimulus funds to use the employment verification system. "The American public will not put faith in us again if we pass immigration reform without an effective, accurate and enforced employer verification program," said Cornyn, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee panel. Schumer told the subcommittee hearing that the system "does not prevent an illegal immigrant from using the name, Social Security number and address of a U.S. citizen to get a job." Original Article |
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