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Study Reveals DHS E-Verify Misidentifies 54% Of Unauthorized Workers

The Department of Homeland Security's online verification system wrongly identifies unauthorized workers more than half the time, study says. Government system employers can use to check a potential hire's eligibility to work in the U.S. accurately flags unauthorized workers less than half the time, according to a research report.. A report from Westat found that the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify system inaccurately identifies workers unauthorized for employment in the U.S. as authorized 54 percent of the time. E-Verify is an online system that compares employee status with more than 444 million records in the Social Security Administration database and more than 60 million records in DHS immigration databases. Only 6.2 percent of all E-Verify queries related to unauthorized workers, however, and the system is matching up legal workers with the proper status with 99 percent accuracy, according to the report. The Westat report is based on research from two years ago but was just released in late January on the DHS Web site. Its findings were not widely reported until earlier this week. The link for this article located at Information Week is no longer available. . An analysis by Pew Research indicates that the IRS taxation model frequently miscalculates revenues, prompting significant debate.. DHS E-Verify, Employment Verification, Unauthorized Workers, Online Verification System. . Alex

Feb 26, 2010 • Alex Government