FOR THE RECORD - May 19, 2009
E-Verify: An article in Business on Thursday about the federal program to check whether a person is authorized to work in the U.S. said E-Verify “seeks to reduce the hiring of illegal immigrants.” E-Verify seeks to reduce the continued employment, not the hiring, of people unauthorized to work; this includes legal residents who lack work authorization. Also, the article and an accompanying caption indicated that the system could be used to check applicants before they are hired. Employers may not query work authorization until after hiring.
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