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The Wall Street Journal has an excellent editorial today on E-Verify (thanks USC for the link). Last week DHS defended E-Verify claiming that getting problems resolved was no big deal. Keep in mind that most of the data problems are with the Social Security Administration. The WSJ piece should give you pause if you're an American worker:
Keep in mind that the SSA isn't exactly a model of speed and
efficiency. By its own admission 50% of calls to branch offices and 25%
to the 1-800 number aren't even answered. And what of calls that do get
through? It currently takes, on average, more than 500 days to get a
decision on a disability appeal.
I have a simple solution to protect American workers - allow workers to continue working until SSA and DHS reach a determination. Right now, employers are required to terminate workers if a problem is not resolved within 8 days. The no-match rule that has been held up in the courts, gives just 90 days to resolve a problem. Why should American workers and employers pay such an extreme price when US agencies can't do their job in a timely manner. And why should we believe the government can handle a massive increase in its workload when it can't handle the load it has now?
Actually, having gone through the name check ordeal I now understand that it does take more than 20 minutes as it involves getting checks from multiple agencies. I have seen court papers where the process is described in some detail over the course of several pages and it IS quite formidable what they have to do. This is not to say that USCIS cannot do things more efficiently; it is just not easy as they are bound by numerous stupid laws and also by quite limited resources.
http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/Obama-Pray-for-his-return-to-good-health/1211736659.html
I did, however, get the chance to glance at the speech he planned on delivering today, and I'd like to start by passing along a message from him: "To all those praying for my return to good health, I offer my heartfelt thanks. And to any who'd rather have a different result, I say, don't get your hopes up just yet!"
So we know that Ted Kennedy's legendary sense of humor is as strong as ever, and I have no doubt that his equally legendary fighting spirit will carry him through this latest
Hmm I might be wrong about calling USCIS or SSA or DHS to tell you the truth I have no idea which govt. agency he called. as I said it didn't happen to me it happened to my brother. one of your argument against my so called antidote is the Naturalized citizens do not require I 20. would you care to point out where did i say he is a citizen? he is actually a foreign student perusing PHD so he needs to have an I 20 last time I checked. I needed one..
On a side not don't take me as an anti-immigrant. I am not; I am an immigrant my self. Also just from financial point of view I support a path to legalization for all the undocumented Immigrants. US economy just cannot take the removal of all the undocumented immigrants but I also understand the need to protect citizens and the documented immigrants. I don't think any one will or should have a problem with that. Politicians do need to at least show that they are protecting the American workers if any thing has to pass for the undocumented immigrants it has to be doe only after the public is confident that there will not be another 12 million immigrants in a few years time that will need to be legalized for that we need to have enforcement and more importantly a sensible way for the businesses to get workers in this country.