Media Center: Facts of the Week

Facts of the Week

• Fact of the Week: 07/24/08
  07/24/2008
  Why is DHS Bashing Human Resource Experts for Demanding a More Effective Answer to Illegal Employment?
• Fact of the Week: 07/17/08
  07/17/2008
  U.S. employers need an employment verification system that works! That’s why any extension of E-Verify must address the following issues:
• Fact of the Week: 07/08/08
  07/08/2008
  Extending the current E-Verify system is the wrong direction for Congress to take.
• Fact of the Week: 06/26/08
  06/26/2008
  The New Employee Verification Act, H.R. 5515 (NEVA) is the best choice for employers and employees.
• Fact of the Week: 06/19/08
  06/19/2008
  Proponents of continuing the status quo in U.S. employment verification have criticized the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA - H.R. 5515) for “reinventing the wheel.”
• Fact of the Week: 06/12/08
  06/12/2008
  In an excerpt from a press conference earlier this week, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff defended the E-Verify system:
• Fact of the Week: 06/05/08
  06/05/2008
  Did you know the New Employee Verification Act, H.R. 5515, will replace the current failed, paper-based I-9 employment verification process with a mandatory electronic system to verify the work authorization of new hires?
• Fact of the Week: 5/22/08
  05/22/2008
  Claims by the Department of Homeland Security that reports of E-Verify inaccuracies are overblown don’t stand up to scrutiny. In a recent blog posting, The CATO Institute’s Jim Harper picks apart recent comments by DHS Assistant Secretary for Policy, Stewart Baker. Below are excerpts from Mr. Harper’s column:
• Fact of the Week: 5/15/08
  05/15/2008
  Did you know the GAO has called USCIS E-Verify accuracy claims “misleading”?
• Fact of the Week: 5/13/08
  05/13/2008
  Did you know human resource experts oppose DHS’ latest attempt to push participation in E-Verify on U.S. employers?
• Fact of the Week: 5/7/08
  05/07/2008
  On January 1, 2008, Arizona became the first state to mandate that all employers use E-Verify. Here’s what Arizona’s employers have to say about E-Verify after using the system:
• Fact of the Week: 4/29/08
  04/29/2008
  Did you know Arizona employers prefer the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA - H.R. 5515) to E-Verify?
• Fact of the Week: 4/23/08
  04/23/2008
  Did you know the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA - H.R. 5515) offers an alternative to E-Verify that will help prevent the use of fraudulent documents and stolen Social Security numbers?
• Fact of the Week: 4/16/08
  04/16/2008
  Did you know the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA - H.R. 5515) offers an alternative to E-Verify that holds the promise of a new and improved employment verification system that can ensure accuracy and reliability?
• Fact of the Week: 4/9/08
  04/09/2008
  Did you know the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA - H.R. 5515) offers an alternative to E-Verify that builds upon the success of a system already in use by 90% of U.S. employers?
• Fact of the Week: 3/20/08
  03/20/2008
  Did you know a recent poll of Americans found the following?
• Fact of the Week: 3/13/08
  03/13/2008
  Did you know that organizations representing hundreds of thousands of employers in every sector of the U.S. economy have endorsed the “New Employee Verification Act” (NEVA – H.R. 5515)?
• Fact of the Week: 3/11/08
  03/11/2008
  Did you know there is a 4.1 percent error rate in the Social Security Administration database?
• Fact of the Week: 3/6/08
  03/06/2008
  Did you know that New Employee Verification Act” (NEVA - H.R. 5515) provides a national employment verification system to help keep illegal workers off the payrolls?
• Fact of the Week: 3/4/08
  03/04/2008
  Did you know that the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA – H.R. 5515) is the only proposal to provide an employment verification system that protects a worker’s identity?