Fact of the Week: 5/7/08

On January 1, 2008, Arizona became the first state to mandate that all employers use E-Verify.  Here’s what Arizona’s employers have to say about E-Verify after using the system:

• “Arizona faces unique workforce challenges – perhaps like no other state.  The E-Verify system can cause delays in hiring people, and its paper-based requirements are inefficient and costly.  The electronic and accurate system proposed in H.R. 5515 would be a significant improvement.” – Suzanne Taylor, Vice President, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• “I talk to Arizona employers everyday who want to be part of the solution for ending illegal immigration, but the E-Verify system doesn’t help them.  They need an alternative to E-Verify, like the one provided in NEVA, that works.” – Paul Parisi, Vice President, Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce

Arizona employers prefer the New Employee Verification Act (NEVA - H.R. 5515) to E-Verify because it would provide a reliable, accurate and efficient electronic verification system.  Support H.R. 5515 Today!

To learn more, visit www.legal-workforce.org.

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The Human Resource Initiative for a Legal Workforce (www.legal-workforce.org) represents human resource professionals in thousands of small and large U.S. employers representing every sector of the American economy.  The HR Initiative and its members are seeking to improve the current process of employment verification by creating a secure, efficient and reliable system that will ensure a legal workforce and help prevent unauthorized employment, a root cause of illegal immigration.