Why didn't DEMOCRATS make E-Verify mandatory?
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President Trump is being encouraged to sign an executive order on E-Verify after immigration police said that arrests of illegal immigrant workers and employers surged 700 percent.
Led by advocates of tighter immigration laws, Trump is getting advice to nationalize the E-Verify system that the federal government uses to make sure that employers are hiring employees that are legally allowed to work in the United States.
“There are many changes that could be made to the immigration laws that would enable the United States to gain control over its illegal population,” said Andrew R. Arthur, a former immigration judge.
The push for the simple employment verification system, currently a voluntary opt-in, comes after Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed stunning new statistics of workplace enforcement probes.
The agency and Homeland Security Investigations, which had promised to step up investigations, announced a 300 percent surge in probes. They opened 6,848 worksite investigations in fiscal 2018 versus 1,691 the year before.
Audits jumped to 5,981 from 1,360.
Worksite arrests surged even more. The authorities made 779 criminal and 1,525 administrative arrests compared to 139 and 172, said ICE.
In a legal analysis of E-Verify, Arthur wrote Friday that with a 60-day notice, Trump could institute the employment verification system.
He added that it has a side benefit: those who illegally enter the United States to work, and who are denied a job, often return home on their own.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-urged-to-nationalize-e-verify-after-700-surge-in-arrests-of-illegal-workers