I recall hearing a discussion about this on the radio months ago.
A caller and business owner called in and explained that the way E-Verify works is..
An employer hires the person , then can check whether the person is illegal.
IOW then the employer has to fire the person.
“An employer hires the person , then can check whether the person is illegal.”
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It was ‘downgraded’ from original law and made voluntary because of the number of ‘false’ matches with the computer systems of the late 80’s. Today the govt could probably seize Google’s software for tracking for the same purpose./sarc
But it was set up for an employer to enter name and SSN of applicant and employer. That combination was used to search and returned whether the SSN and name matched or not. Period. If it didn’t match, the employer lets applicant know and points to Social Security for resolution. Originally the error rate was closer to 10% than 1%, but that no longer holds true. Oddly enough, my SS card states “Not To Be Used For Identification”. So there was that argument as well.