E-Verify Employers Reach 100,000
The E-Verify program now has 100,000 employer participants, USCIS announced yesterday. In a press release celebrating the milestone, USCIS also updated some interesting statistics about E-Verify.
Employers have run more than 2 million queries through E-Verify since October 2008, and employers have been able to automatically verify more than 18 million workers’ eligibility since 1997. As of now, approximately 96.1 percent of qualified employees are cleared automatically by E-Verify, and 99.6 percent of all work-authorized employees are verified without receiving a tentative nonconfirmation or having to take any type of corrective action.
The increase in participating E-Verify employers is not surprising. While participation in the program is voluntary, this is not entirely the case. There are 15 states which require certain employers to participate and comply in some manner with E-Verify. Also, federal contractors (with some exceptions) are required to use E-Verify.
If you are interested in E-Verify, we at the Capitol Immigration Law Group are an E-Verify designated agent and we can help your company become E-Verify compliant employer. Please feel free to contact us.
