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E-Verify: An Easy Way for Employers to Ensure Hires are Legal
Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is the lead sponsor of the Legal Workforce Act, which would expand use of E-Verify for all employers. E-Verify is a web-based system that checks the Social Security numbers of newly hired employees against Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security records to help ensure that they are genuinely eligible to work in the U.S. Today, nearly 575,000 American employers voluntarily use E-Verify, and an average of 1,400 new businesses sign up each week for E-Verify.