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Ali Noorani’s recent editorial compares E-Verify to a fairy tale, but the facts tell a very real story.

The Legal Workforce Act could open up millions of jobs for unemployed Americans. This bill improves and makes mandatory the E-Verify program for all U.S. employers. E-Verify quickly identifies those working illegally in the United States.

E-Verify works. The Social Security numbers and alien identification numbers of new hires are checked against Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security records to weed out fraudulent numbers and help ensur! e that new hires are legally authorized to work in the United States. The program quickly confirms 99.5% of work-eligible employees. In fact, E-Verify has proved to be much more reliable than the current paper-based, error-prone I-9 system.

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