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Facts of the Week

• Fact of the Week: 11/8/07
  11/08/2007
  Did you know . . . As the ABC News affiliate in Washington, D.C. recently reported, fraudulent identity documents – including sophisticated Social Security Cards, Green Cards and Drivers’ Licenses – are readily available almost anywhere.
• Fact of the Week: 10/05/07
  10/05/2007
  Did you know . . . The Department of Homeland Security has filed a lawsuit against the State of Illinois seeking to overturn a new Illinois law prohibiting employers operating in the state from participating in the federal employment verification system known as “Basic Pilot” until certain benchmarks for accuracy are met.
• Fact of the Week: 9/27/07
  09/27/2007
  Did you know . . . A series of appropriations “riders” passed by the House would require federal contractors, as a condition of receiving a contract, to participate in the “Basic Pilot” employment verification system.
• Fact of the Week: 9/20/07
  09/20/2007
  Did you know . . . Presently, 17 states have enacted employment eligibility verification laws, yet the requirements are not always consistent.
• Fact of the Week: 9/13/07
  09/13/2007
  Did you know . . . According to an August 2007 report by the National Conference of State Legislatures: As of July 2, 2007, no fewer than 1404 pieces of legislation related to immigrants and immigration had been introduced among the 50 state legislatures.
• Fact of the Week: 9/06/07
  09/06/2007
  Did you know . . . The Social Security Administration issues “No-Match” letters to employers when an employee’s name does not match his or her social security number. This can indicate that an employee is using a false name or social security number – but it may also be due to a clerical error or an outdated record.
• The Key To Effective Immigration Reform - Fact of the Day
  05/17/2007
  Did you know . . . Current immigration reform proposals, if adopted, would require every employed American to undergo a “re-verification” process to confirm that he or she is legally authorized to work in the United States.
• The Key To Effective Immigration Reform - Fact of the Day
  05/16/2007
  Did you know . . . Identity theft is a significant and growing problem in the American work place. When potential employees present false identity documents to employers, there is no legal, secure method available for validating authenticity. Without a Secure Electronic Employment Verification System – which does not exist today, and is not included in current immigration reform legislation – unauthorized workers will continue to come to the United States to seek and obtain jobs.
• The Key To Effective Immigration Reform - Fact of the Day
  05/15/2007
  Did you know . . . Congress is currently debating whether to mandate use of an employment verification system based on the existing “Basic Pilot” as part of comprehensive immigration reform. HR experts predict such a mandate – without first ensuring accuracy of the government databases upon which Basic Pilot relies – will result in a debacle for U.S. employers and continued vulnerability to widespread unauthorized employment.
• The Key To Effective Immigration Reform- Fact of the Day
  05/14/2007
  Did you know. . . As the debate on immigration reform moves to the Senate floor, the nation’s leading human resource experts have outlined significant shortcomings in current proposals to strengthen employment verification – a key to effective immigration reform.
• The Key To Effective Immigration Reform
  05/08/2007
  Did you know . . . In testimony before the House Immigration Subcommittee, Jack Shadley of Swift & Company detailed the shortcomings of the “Basic Pilot” employment verification system. Despite the company’s hiring processes, which include participation in Basic Pilot – and that go above and beyond what is required by federal or state law – Swift was targeted for plant raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
• The Key To Effective Immigration Reform
  Legal Workforce  05/01/2007
  Did you know . . . Following the testimony in last week’s House Immigration Subcommittee, it is clear that there is wide agreement that the current U.S. employment verification system is failing to prevent unauthorized employment, the leading cause of illegal immigration.
• The Key To Effective Immigration Reform
  Legal Workforce  04/24/2007
  Did you know... The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 authorized a system that now allows the use of 29 different forms of identification as proof of eligibility to work in the U.S. The wide variety of documents – including drivers’ licenses, birth certificates, foreign passports, refugee travel documents, voter registration cards and school records – has created a system that cannot prevent unauthorized employment, and actually encourages illegal immigrants to engage in fraud and identity theft to obtain jobs.
• The Key To Effective Immigration Reform
  Legal Workforce  04/17/2007
  Did you know . . . “In the states, immigration-related bills have mushroomed. In 2006, more than 570 pieces of legislation were introduced in state legislatures around the country. At least 84 bills were enacted, more than double the number enacted in 2005.” National Conference of State Legislatures LEGISBRIEF (February 2007)