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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 04:28:20+00:00

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Proponents argue that a federal E-Verify mandate would effectively address a major pull factor encouraging unauthorized immigration into the United States—the prospect of obtaining employment—by punishing businesses that hire unauthorized workers. The underlying theory is that “if the demand for undocumented aliens declines, there may then be fewer incentives for aliens themselves to enter in violation of the federal immigration laws.” For example, Arizona instituted a statewide E-Verify mandate that led to a sizable drop in the population of unauthorized immigrants. Notably, the population of Hispanic naturalized citizens was not affected by the law, indicating that the impacts of E-Verify were limited to unauthorized immigrants. Additionally, a larger study of state-level E-Verify mandates conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas found that “states with universal E-Verify policies typically experienced large reductions in the number of likely unauthorized immigrants and even greater declines in the number of unauthorized workers.” This finding falls in line with earlier research demonstrating a 46 percent decrease in unauthorized immigration to states approving E-Verify mandates.
These effects are often amplified among the most vulnerable citizens. In 2010, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found that, “[i]llegal immigration to the United States in recent decades has tended to depress both wages and employment rates for low-skilled American citizens, a disproportionate number of whom are black men.” Commissioner Peter N. Kirsanow commended E-Verify in particular for “level[ing] the playing field a bit for African-Americans.” State-level E-Verify mandates have similarly improved labor market outcomes for Hispanic citizens and authorized Mexican immigrants. The future of a nationwide E-Verify mandate is unclear. The two strongest Democratic supporters of E-Verify in the Senate, Claire McCaskill and Heidi Heitkamp, both lost their respective reelection bids in 2018. However, E-Verify continues to receive overwhelming support from the public, with 79 percent of voters supporting a nationwide mandate. Additionally, as the program’s accuracy and efficiency continue to improve, longtime opponents of mandatory E-Verify, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have emerged as its strongest supporters, signaling that E-Verify has a growing support base. Although E-Verify may not immunize the government from future squabbles over immigration reform, the 116th Congress would be wise to consider it as a palatable compromise.
 Scott Wong, Shutdown halts E-Verify checks, The Hill (Jan. 2, 2019), https://thehill.com/homenews/house/423613-shutdown-halts-e-verify-checks-on-capitol-hill.
 Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 563 U.S. 582, 590 (2011) (quoting Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. v. Napolitano, 558 F.3d 856, 862 (9th Cir. 2009)).
 See About E-Verify, E-Verify, https://www.e-verify.gov (last visited Jan. 19, 2019).
 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), Pub. L. No. 104–208, 110 Stat. 3009–655 (1996).
 Whiting, 563 U.S. at 609.
 Id. at 590–91 (quoting IIRIRA, § 402(a), (e)).
 E-Verify System Act, S. 3386, 115th Cong. (2018).
 H.R. 3711, 115th Cong. (2017).
 H.R. 4760, 115th Cong. (2018).
 Office of Mgmt. & Budget, Exec. Office of the President, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2019, at 17 (2018).
 See U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Restructuring the U.S. Immigration System to Increase Security and Promote Economic Growth 9 (2015).
 Sure-Tan, Inc. v. NLRB, 467 U.S. 883, 893–94 (1984).
 See Sarah Bohn et al., Did the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act Reduce the State’s Unauthorized Immigrant Population, 96 Rev. Econ. & Stat. 258, 266 (2014).
 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Digital Enforcement: Effects of E-Verify on Unauthorized Immigrant Employment and Population 16 (2017), https://www.dallasfed.org/-/media/Documents/research/pubs/everify.pdf.
 See Pia M. Orrenius & Madeline Zavodny, Do State Work Eligibility Verification Laws Reduce Unauthorized Immigration?, 5 IZA J. Migration 1, 13 (2016).
 See Tracy Jan, Trump Isn’t Pushing Hard for This One Popular Way to Curb Illegal Immigration, Wash. Post (May 22, 2018), https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-is-very-weak-on-this-one-popular-way-to-curb-illegal-immigration/2018/05/22/adf5f85e-399b-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f908871d076e.
 De Canas v. Bica, 424 U.S. 351, 356–57 (1976), superseded by statute, Immigration Reform & Control Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1324a (2018), as recognized in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 563 U.S. 582, 588–89 (2011).
 Santiago Pinto & Tim Sablik, Unauthorized Immigration: Evaluating the Effects and Policy Response,Fed. Res. Bank Richmond (Jan. 2018), https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/economic_brief/2018/eb_18-01.
 Impact of High Levels of Immigration on U.S. Workers: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Immigration and the Nat’l Interest of the S. Comm. on the Judiciary,114th Cong. (2016) (statement of George J. Borjas, Professor of Economics and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School).
 Nat’l Acads. Sci., Eng’g, & Med., The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration 294 (Francine D. Blau & Christopher Mackie eds., 2017), https://www.nap.edu/read/23550/chapter/10.
 See Stephen Steinberg, Neoliberal Immigration Policy and Its Impact on African Americans, 23 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol’y 209, 214-16 (2009).
 Impact of High Levels of Immigration on U.S. Workers: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Immigration and the Nat’l Interest of the S. Comm. on the Judiciary,114th Cong. (2016) (statement of Peter N. Kirsanow, Comm’r, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights).
 See Pia M. Orrenius & Madeline Zavodny, The Impact of E‐Verify Mandates on Labor Market Outcomes, 81 S. Econ. J. 947, 957 (2015).
 See Geoffrey Skelley & Julia Wolfe, No, Democrats Didn’t Win The Senate. But They Did Better Than It Seems.,FiveThiryEight (Nov. 19, 2018), https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/no-democrats-didnt-win-the-senate-but-they-did-better-than-it-seems/.
 Scott Clement & David Nakamura, Survey Finds Strong Support for ‘Dreamers,’ Wash. Post (Sept. 25, 2017), https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/survey-finds-strong-support-for-dreamers/2017/09/24/df3c885c-a16f-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.13be929d79ac.
 Andorra Bruno, Cong. Research Serv., R40446, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification 9-12 (2018).
 The Legal Workforce Act: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Immigration and Border Security of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 114th Cong. (2015) (statement of Randel K. Johnson, Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce).
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As a result of the information presented in this article, I believe the case is well made as to why we need the implementation of a nationwide, mandatory E verify process that is put in place sooner than later.
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