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Administration rallies for mandatory E-Verify to stop illegal employment

By Paul Bedard
Published June 11, 2018 1:19pm ET
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Administration rallies for mandatory E-Verify to stop illegal employment
In this file photo taken April 27, 2009, Latino workers till an asparagus field near Toppenish, Wash., on the Yakama Indian Reservation. Bringing unlikely allies together, a measure being backed by both farmers and immigrant advocacy groups is hoping to slow down the use of a federal immigration program that check's a workers eligibility to work in the U.S. Known as E-Verify, the program has been adopted by 11 cities in Washington state.

Hoping to kill a lure for illegal immigrants, top Trump administration officials are rallying behind the E-Verify system that requires employers to hire only legal U.S. workers or face a fine.

The heads of the Social Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have endorsed the mandatory national use of the voluntary system as a way to curb illegal immigration and cut identity theft.

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