Look at the states that are colored orange and red on our newly updated map below.
Those states have elected officials who have decided that they want to protect the ability of employers to break the law and hire illegal migrants without consequences. They have enacted ZERO requirements for employers to use E-Verify.
To see details of what each state is doing with E-Verify, click here.
The quick way to view the map is to know that every state in orange and red favors employers hiring illegal migrants.
All the other states at least try to stop the illegal hiring with some kind of mandate for using E-Verify to protect their citizen workers from unscrupulous employers. Most of them still have a long way to go. But they've at least done something.
HOW TO READ THE COLORS OF THE MAP -- E-Verify is required for these kinds of employers:
NAVY BLUE: All private employers and state & local government agencies & contractors.
- Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, South Carolina
NAVY BLUE with white stripes: Most private employers and all government.
- Georgia, North Carolina, Utah
NAVY BLUE with orange stripes: Most private employers (not government).
- Tennessee
ROYAL BLUE: State & local government agencies & contractors (no private employers).
- Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
LIGHT BLUE: State agencies & contractors (no local government or private).
- Florida, Idaho, Texas, Virginia
BLUE-GREEN: Only contractors of state & local governments (government worker excluded).
- Colorado, Louisiana
BLUE-GREEN with white stripes: Very limited numbers of government contractors.
- Minnesota, Pennsylvania
RED: NO E-Verify mandate. Prohibitions on local governments mandating.
- California, Illinois
ORANGE: NO E-Verify mandate. (See the 27 states on the map.)
The governments of the states shown in orange and red have refused to do anything to help their unemployed citizens seek jobs without having to compete with legal migrants. They have decided that it is okay that an estimated 7 million illegal migrants hold U.S. jobs, depressing the wages for the Americans in those occupations -- and that it is okay for taxpayers to be forced to subsidize the employers of illegal aliens by paying for their poverty programs.
INVITING BUSINESS CROOKS?
Is it too harsh to say that the orange and red states "invite business crooks to hire illegal aliens?"
Crooks? Well, it has been against federal law since 1986 for a business to hire foreign citizens who are in this country illegally. This law was designed to protect the wages and incomes of the citizens of this country. Employers who violate that law are crooks, taking money out of the pockets of citizens just as surely as burglars, pick-pockets, flim-flam artists and robbers.
The fact that E-Verify is a system that can stop most of the wage/income thievery has long been well known.
The Supreme Court has ruled that states can mandate that employers use E-Verify to keep illegal migrants from obtaining jobs -- and that states can take away an employer's business license for failing to use E-Verify properly.
The only thing stopping state legislatures from mandating E-Verify is their insistence that employers retain the ability to continue to break federal law by engaging in the wage/income theft that occurs by hiring illegal migrants.
Yes, they are crooks. And yes, those state legislatures are committed to protecting the crooks who also harm the vast majority of employers who don't want to break immigration laws.
STATE E-VERIFY LAWS ARE BEST WAY TO DEFY FEDERAL OPPOSITION TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
I know you are frustrated and incensed that your federal government won't stop -- or even vocally oppose -- illegal migration.
We will continue to give you opportunities to push Congress to overturn the Executive Branch's refusal to enforce most immigration laws on the book.
At the same time, you can greatly reduce the size and costs of the illegal population of your state by enacting state E-Verify laws. Keep watching your email for action alerts and keep working with us on opportunities at the state level.
ROY BECK is the President & Founder of NumbersUSA
Originally Published: Sun, May 29th 2016 @ 6:34pm EDT
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America Can Be Saved
And, I think she's worth saving, with e-Verify.
Let's implement NumbersUSA's "Sensible Solutions" program.
We can, and we should, all work together to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN !
Maryland needs to become an E-verify state Governor Hogan...
William I have lived in Maryland for 5 years now, I have never seen so many illegals in all my life, and I am from Florida, the last 3 years they have flooded into this State, they are being supported by the taxpayers of this State, it is amazing they are receiving so many benefits.....basically the taxpayers are supporting them to be here, and they all have jobs.....unbelievable......and not one speaks English. I am moving cannot take this State anymore, thought this Governor would make a difference, he is useless.......
They Should Change the Color Code
Red states are the bloody ones with IA gang violence and such...
in my state it seems citizens do not matter,ca has been fully turned over to illegals and full corruption. hopefully trump if elected has a way to fix my state
We've just got to elect a president that will get America on track again. E verify is the very least we should be doing. There are so many illegals voting now that its close to impossible to get good laws passed. Pray pray!!!
My state senator, Patty Murray, calls herself the Veteran's senator. She supports illegals over all citizens and is especially hypocritical concerning Veterans.
My state, Florida, is hiring illegals or H-1B visa workers TO REPLACE American workers. Texas is another state doing this by the hundreds of thousands, all the while touting their business friendly record.
This is a sham by these states.
All states should have 100% e-verify for All employees & benefit seekers. Better known as DE-MAGNITIZE America
Thanks for a comprehensive summary of info about status of e-verify.
I suggest that all readers send a copy of the link https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/many-states-continue-help-outlaw-employe... to as many local, state and national office holders as possible—with appropriate appeals for action.
Extension of e-verify across the nation would, I believe, encourage self-deportation among sentient illegally employed illegal immigrants; and remove the strawman of "mass deportation" from the political debate table.
Wow. I live in Illinois, a state drowning in debt with the highest property taxes in the nation, no budget, unsustainable pension debt, zero job growth, and the highest out-migration. Perhaps the fools in the state legislature think they can keep businesses here by letting them hire illegals.
Check how your Elected Officials are voting on these matters, and write and/or call them to let them know your preference on these issues. Americans, and especially our Military Veterans, should get the available jobs!! Pray and Vote!! AV
I am very proud to be a native of Mississippi. Have lived in several other states CA being the worse and AL next best. We have a governor who in no uncertain terms told Obama to back off with illegals, transgender, etc. I also am firm believer, after 73 years, that education should be handled by states not feds. I have raised 3 children and then 2 grands and the testing for federal dollars is all the students study for. Last grandson just graduated high school and now to rest until he starts college in August.
I am ashamed of our state, WV for not protecting jobs for our veterans!!!! These men put their lives on the line everyday and we don't value them more than an illegal coming into our country. I'm not against people coming in legally but this is so disgusting and I will never vote for anyone who allows illegal people to take away jobs and punish our military men & women!!
Hope trump can stop these crooks lets kick the estab out once and for all fire them all its degrace why won't they stop it their putting money in their pockets that's y . They the estab are bums.hopefully if trump wins he can do something about it because the so call elec officials we have now do not care about us Americans vote for trump only hope we have people until Jesus Christ return make sure u vote only chance we have. May God help us ! I am American Voter.
Our town is over run by illegals, vet's are living in the streets and the welfare is giving food stamps, medical and free housing to the illegals. My son died because we ask for a little help getting him to a doctor and was turned because they said he did not qualify.Maybe because he was a citizen and his family has lived here since 1880, if he had been illegal he could have gotten all the help he needed. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY????
Years ago, when we were building custom homes, we had to comply by providing proof that we were hiring only U.S. Citizens. What happened?
I'm greatly ashamed of Idaho for discontinuing that practice.
American politicians are nothing more than semi legal prostitutes who constantly lie and sell our great country down the river for a vote for illegals and small interest groups. No other country would let illegal CRIMINALS march down the street with a foreign flag and not be arrested or shot. Politicians are crooked and can't be trusted. The main reason Trump has gained so much popularity is that he tells the truth and is NOT a politician. We need to vote for non politicians who vow to take back our great country again, fly our flags, not have to push a number on our phone or bank to hear our own language because a lot of lazy ignorant criminals do us the disrespect of not learning our language, and most of all stand up and scream we won't stand for political incorrect stupidity anymore and will not be intimidated by being called racist for protecting what our forefathers and veterans fought to protect and called sacred in the name of the one and only God.
California, at this point, is a lost cause. I believe we have reached the critical point at which the influence of the illegals trumps the will of the legal citizenry. It would be interesting to see a comprehensive timeline depicting when each of the other states are anticipated to do the same, naturally concluding with the destruction of our nation. One of the things I can't believe is being allowed is the inability or unwillingness of various states to not demand voters identify themselves as legal citizens. You might as well have people from all over the planet casting ballots online in our elections. It's absolutely sick.
I don't understand/accept why our politicians, US citizens by birth or naturalization (not because their parents came here illegally and SCOTUS, going against the framers of the 14th amendment, saying that those born here regardless of legal status are US citizens) place the welfare and very lives of US citizens before foreigners, especially those here illegally. We have a duty, obligation and right to demand that US citizens come first; that the SCOTUS decision legalizing anchor babies be overturned RETROACTIVELY; and that those elected to represent our wishes and the best welfare of this country and its citizens be turned from office and striped of all rights earned by service to this country on which they have turned their backs! IF we don't stand up for our rights and those of all US citizens, what right(s) will be striped from us by an elite group who believes that they know better than the body of peoples who legally comprise this country! DEMAND THAT OUR POLITICIANS STAND FOR LEGAL US CITIZENS FIRST !!!!
SCOTUS did not rule on birthright citizenship for illegal aliens
I'm a Californian, and am ashamed ...totally ashamed and angry how we grant illegals priority over our own citizens. My father and my cousin served in WW2...one was killed, the other left disabled from service...Who the h... are these people , the illegals?!!!..But actually, the problem stems from greed in businesses to get them "for cheap". No morals ..no loyalty to "us"...Our people are suffering, and you business owners don't give a damn. The reason you own a business in the first place is because OUR boys fought for you...You are shameful...
Massachusetts is a synonym for ballot stuffing and wallet stuffing.
It has nothing to do with an open heart.
Mandatory E-Verify as required by the so-called Comprehensive Immigration Bill (S-744) was a farce. There was no incentive for employers to use E-Verify since the bill required the Social Security Administration to notify employers of social security number anomalies (i.e., mismatch between number and name). If the bill's originators had been serious about E-Verify, the bill would have directed the Social Security Administration to notify law enforcement (e.g., ICE) regarding such anomalies. Social Security number anomalies are clear evidence of illegal activity and should be enough for a search warrant. The threat of an ICE raid on a business will probably be enough to ensure compliance.
If you are in the United Sates illegally you need to leave and go back to your country of origin. I understand the problems in other country's, but there is a right way and a wrong way. As a Vietnam veteran, I fought and spilled my blood for this country and have certain rights. Those rights were earned the hard way. If you enter the US illegally, you have not earned the rights that are granted to me as a citizen. You are not and never will be a citizen if you are here illegally and none should be granted such as jobs that should go to veterans first.
As far as I can find out WA state has been giving drivers licenses to illegals for the past 20 years this is one of the states that you can fill out your voting ballot by putting you drivers license information on the paper work and mail in the ballot nobody actually sees any identification. This is how the illegals are voting in our elections most of the politicians don't give a damn just so they get voted back into their DC offices. I have a habit of calling the U.S. government one of the most corrupt in the world they fit the bill and deserve the name. Mexico is working as fast as they can to try to get as many illegals here in the U.S signed up to apply for citizenship just so they can vote against Trump they must believe what he says about the wall. If that wall is like the high fence Israel has erected along some of its border that has stopped so many terrorist it works. Running along the top is razor wire that is electrified that will put a stop not only the drug runners but the illegal aliens as well. The drug cartels are helping terrorists to walk right across the southern border in more remote areas. In AZ the police there seem helpless to stop what's happening they don't have the funding that's needed. We need the military on that border yesterday. The cartels have spotters located at least 70 miles from the border to let the cartels know when the border patrol is in the area they use email to warn each other and other electronic equipment now days.
Its been at least two years or more since a group of law enforcement such as Sheriffs departments went to DC to try to tell the politicians how bad things were at the border with Mexico so far Obama has done nothing but open it up more to let all of South America through it.
The rich win again. The refugees now being speedily vetted can take more American jobs. They will bypass E-Verify.
http://www.wnd.com/2016/01/yogurt-billionaire-hire-more-muslim-refugees/
The American taxpayer subsidizes the resettlement industry (relocating, housing, medicaid, food stamps). There will be more job competition, lower wages & higher unemployment, a corporation's paradise. The welfare to make up for the low wages also comes from the American taxpayer. This is welfare/subsidizing for the corporations.
My wife used e-verify when she worked in admin 25 years ago. My son was out of work as a plumber for 2 years, and I found him a job using e-verify as a search argument on craigslist. On honoring our servicemen, I was a drill Sergeant at Ft Leonard Wood in 1964. I was in charge of a platoon of 60 men. 4 of the kids could barely pick up the M14. I worked them on the weekends until they passed close-order drill. It worried me for 40 years because they would have washed out if I hadn't made them work extra and not have been sent to Nam. 10 years ago I looked on the Viet Nam Virtual wall and they were not KIA in Nam. I then looked at our entire company (250) men and only 1 was on the wall. My uncle Bob was a POW in Korea. He testified against the "turncoats" in the court martials in NYC. Trump's snarky remark about POWs was so far beneath a presidential candidate it makes me want to puke. His entire record in regard to the military is summed up in a very good article
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/29/draft-dodger-donald-tru...
NumbersUSA is derelict by giving Trump a complete pass when he has been fined for hiring illegals, and hired only 17 Americans out 300 applications at his resort in Florida.
My uncle Bob was a POW in Korea. Donald Trump's snarky remark about POWs was way beneath what I require for office of president. His "military" history can be found in this article:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/29/draft-dodger-donald-tru...
NumbersUSA (like the rest of the media) gave him an undeserved pass. He was fined for hiring illegals, and only hired 17 out 300 Americans at his resort in Florida recently.
He didn't get a pass, Maynard. It was factored in but you also have to look at his immigration plan, which is better than any current candidate and better than most who dropped out.
This is all part of the "One Party Socialist Nation" group that wants to transform our nation into a global cesspool . Individuals like Anti-American billionaire George Soros head this agenda . He has funded Obama, Clinton and others in high ranking positions in our government .
This Anti-American group has taken over our Government,our Media, our Courts, and has infiltrated our educational system .
Foreign groups and major corporations continue to fund certain politicians and Anti-American groups with the hope of depressing the needs and wants of Americans . They have watered down the meaning of being American, by using Amnesties and the disastrous "Chain Migration" and "Anchor Baby" policies .
Why do you think the most powerful nation on Earth, has a border that is less than 50% functionally secure ? Because our government wants these invaders to come and become legal citizens to offset the votes of true Americans .
2016 is the year to clean up our government and rid our nation of traitors in political office .
I'm not sure how it is being done, but I live and work in a state (Blue-Green), Louisiana, that has E-verify required for contractors of state and local governments and I see everyday multitudes of illegals who are employed by contractors doing work for those governmental entities. In some instances, those contractors utilize the services of staffing agencies (who technically are the actual employers) to obtain the illegal labor force. Perhaps this is the way the E-verify law is circumvented. If so, that is a loophole that certainly needs to be plugged.
Not sure how much state and local governments use staffing agencies, but that is definitely a method private companies use to hire illegal aliens. It's really a matter of whether the law is enforced, just like with respect to Obama. Arizona had the first E-Verify requirement but Maricopa County was almost standing alone in enforcing it.
Support of E-Verify is about 85% among voters who express an opinion (removing the "Not sure" responses). It is indicative of how corrupt DC and state politicians are that they do not pass mandatory E-Verify.
We must have a state-by state constitutional amendment initiative process to ram it into law. We also should start calling our "immigration system" a War on the Working Class. It would be a powerful argument for getting back to law and order on immigration.
It's much harder to pass a constitutional amendment than a law and not every state has the initiative option.
I have lived in Seattle, WA for 16 years. I know staffing agencies are used for almost all warehouse & manufacturing jobs. Amazon does most of its warehouse hiring through staffing agencies. I recently became aware of the use of staffing agencies in healthcare industry for hiring of phlebotomists, Medical assistants, lab technologists, because I had worked for LabCorp. I think it is and has been used in many job sectors & that its use is expanding rapidly. It is definitely a loop hole to get around E-verify.
If E-Verify is not enforced, how much help can it be to get illegals to self-deport? Refugees don't need to go through E-Verify & are a source of cheaper labor for companies. One example: http://www.wnd.com/2016/01/yogurt-billionaire-hire-more-muslim-refugees/
Most illegal aliens know they will not be deported under Obama's non-enforcement policies. And since E-Verify is not mandatory for all employers, they can seek jobs from non-users. You need good enforcement and nationwide mandatory E-Verify to set up a thorough incentive for self-deportation. But in the interim passing more state E-Verify mandates will turn up the heat
Utah is a pro illegal immigrant state. While the law requires employers with 15 or more employees to use E-Verify, there is no penalty, criminal or civil, for not doing so! So it is a meaningless law only meant to fool the public. The businesses know this and have also successfully lobbied to give drivers licenses and in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. Utah also passed a law, HB116, that purports to give legal status to illegal immigrants in Utah! This despite a lengthy legal note in the bill that ....."there is a high probability that a court would find portions of this bill unconstitutional".... Of course anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of the Constitution would know this. Nevertheless Gov Herbert signed it into law. It has never been implemented however for obvious reasons.
Yes, the lack of penalties for non-compliance is a major drawback but I wouldn't say it's meaningless. Activists there tell me voluntary compliance is decent but the unscrupulous employers don't bother. We tried to get penalties from the start but couldn't get it done.
It seems to us that when CO passed the e verify mandate for govt contractors; we also passed an e verify mandate for all employees hired after 1 january 07. Though we keep getting an e verify bill in our legislature; we know this is in effect for all employees hired now. We need to deal with non govt contractors / 1099 work.
Vote Trump for your job / country with limits on immigration / work visas plus deportations.
NO amnesty. NO work permits. NO nothing but deportation.
No, for years we tried to pass E-Verify for all Colorado employers but it never got done. That's why the bill is always reintroduced.
Van: what law did we pass in 2006 during the summer session that requires all employees to be checked before they are hired after 1 Jan 2007? because we live here and we follow this along with CAIRCO
NO amnesty. NO work permits. NO nothing but deportation.
Vote Trump for your job and your country with limits on immigration / work permits and deportations.
The 2006 law only affected new state and local contractors. A 2008 law extended it to existing contractors in that category but you have never had a requirement for all employers. Moreover, your law does not really require state and local contractors to use E-Verify since they can use a state alternative. You can check with CAIRCO.
This website has a good summary of the Oregon Initiative Petition 52 which should be on the Oregon ballot in November 2016: http://www.oregonir.org/immigration-topics/initiative-petition-52-oregon...
Oregon readers: take action. Tell you friends to vote for IP-52!
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