Labor Union Resolution
Resolution for state labor unions to oppose Pridemore's bill!
Statewide organizational sign-on letter
For justice organizations: Join us in the fight against Pridemore's bill!
E-Verify
E-Verify is an electronic system for verifying work authorization developed in the Bush era. It was shown to be riddled with errors and to regularly result in discriminatory treatment against immigrants who have legal status.
As an outspoken opponent of the system, Voces de la Frontera joined with its allies to call on the incoming Obama administration to reject it. Instead, it moved ahead with extending the scheme. Our campaign continues with new urgency in the context of emerging immigration reform plans...
RELATED: Between 2007-2009 Voces was at the forefront of a successful campaign to defeat a similar crackdown on workers based on Social Security 'No Match' letters.
E-VERIFY - BACKGROUND
E-Verify was launched in 2007 when the Department of Homeland Security rebranded a voluntary pilot program that had been taken up by a number of corporations to check the work eligibility of new-hires.
DHS sought to aggressively promote the system, backed by legislators who increasingly sought to make its use a requirement in the issue of state and federal contracts.
However, many businesses groups remained opposed, criticising the scheme as burdensome and unreliable. Civil rights and labor groups highlighted serious flaws with the system, which attempts to combine immigration and Social Security databases. They pointed to major issues with unreliable data.
The incoming Obama administration faced calls to scrap the scheme. However, in July 2009, after considering the issue for six months, it announced that businesses which won federal contracts would be required to use E-Verify to check any workers engaged in those projects and all new hires.
As plans now emerge in Congress for a new immigration reform bill, the further extension of E-Verify is a central strand.
FACT SHEETS AND RESOURCES
How Errors in E-Verify Databases Impact U.S. Citizens and Lawfully Present Immigrants - NILC, March 2010
Fatal Flaws: Social Security Administration Shows Us How E-Verify Doesn’t Work - NILC, January 2010
Materials for Workers and Worker Advocates - NILC
Myths & Facts
Myth: Immigrants don't want to learn English or become Americans
Fact: Within ten years of arrival, more than three quarters of immigrants speak English well. Demand for English classes far exceeds supply. More than a third of immigrants are naturalized citizens.
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