{"id":1764,"date":"2013-02-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp\/index.php\/2013\/02\/20\/coalition-letter-to-congress-regarding-e-verify-reforms\/"},"modified":"2016-12-13T07:51:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T07:51:33","slug":"coalition-letter-to-congress-regarding-e-verify-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/20\/coalition-letter-to-congress-regarding-e-verify-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition Letter to Congress Regarding E-Verify Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 20, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Dear Member of Congress:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We,  the undersigned organizations, representing thousands of businesses and  millions of Americans from all sides of the political spectrum,  encourage you to vote against a mandatory national &ldquo;E-Verify&rdquo; electronic  employment verification system established by S. 202 or in subsequent  comprehensive immigration reform bills. Although we believe it is  irredeemably flawed, we believe reasonable amendments can mitigate some  of its negative effects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>E-Verify imposes immigration  enforcement costs on Americans. System errors will make hundreds of  thousands of legal workers visit federal offices to exercise their right  to work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reform: Make E-Verify&rsquo;s deployment  contingent on due process for workers, a low error rate, and a strict  limit on wait times for employers and employees to resolve database  errors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>E-Verify errors disproportionately  impact minority groups: including young workers, married women,  naturalized citizens, legal immigrants, and individuals with multiple  surnames, including many Hispanics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reform: Suspend E-Verify&rsquo;s rollout if it has a discriminatory impact on these groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>E-Verify  conscripts employers to act as immigration agents. According to  Bloomberg Government, small businesses will spend $2.6 billion every  year to implement the system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reform: Avoid draconian penalties and allow businesses to correct paperwork errors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>E-Verify  will exacerbate identity theft. E-Verify will increase demand for  stolen identities and enable thieves to use its database to determine  the validity of a Social Security number.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reform:  Send written notifications to any individual whose name is checked by  E-Verify and prohibit E-Verify use without employees&rsquo; prior knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>E-Verify  creates a de facto national ID system. Since the system permits  identity verification, it can be used to monitor access to any public or  private service based on immigration status or any other criteria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reform:  Prohibit the inclusion of biometrics and state motor vehicle records in  the system and authorize E-Verify to be used only to determine work  eligibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The case for E-Verify presumes that  Congress cannot create a system that prevents unauthorized entries at  the border. This is wrong. Congress can and should address illegal  immigration without sacrificing Americans&rsquo; privacy or imposing the costs  of immigration enforcement on small businesses and workers. If an  E-Verify mandate is enacted anyway, these reasonable<br \/>reforms are essential.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Advocacy for Principled Action in Government<br \/>American Civil Liberties Union<br \/>American Library Association<br \/>Bill of Rights Defense Committee<\/p>\n<p>Blacks in Law Enforcement of America<br \/>Center for Digital Democracy<br \/>Center for Financial Privacy and Human Rights<br \/>Center for Media and Democracy<br \/>Center for Media Justice<br \/>Competitive Enterprise Institute<br \/>Constitutional Alliance<br \/>Consumer Action<br \/>Consumer Federation of America<br \/>Cyber Privacy Project<br \/>Defending Dissent Foundation<br \/>DRUM &#8211; Desis Rising Up &amp; Moving<br \/>Electronic Frontier Foundation<br \/>Equal Justice Alliance<br \/>The 5-11 Campaign<br \/>Former Congressman Bob Barr<br \/>The Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network<br \/>Hispanic Leadership Fund<br \/>Home School Legal Defense Association<br \/>Insituto de Educaci&oacute;n Popular del Sur de California (IDEPSCA)<br \/>La Asamblea de Derechos Civiles de Minnesota<br \/>The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights<br \/>Liberty Coalition<br \/>Main Street Project<br \/>Media Alliance<br \/>Media Literacy Project<\/p>\n<p>The Multiracial Activist<br \/>National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC)<br \/>National Small Business Association<br \/>National Workrights Institute<br \/>New York Immigration Coalition<br \/>Patient Privacy Rights<br \/>Privacy Activism<br \/>Privacy Journal<br \/>Privacy Rights Clearinghouse<br \/>Privacy Times<br \/>Rights Working Group<br \/>The Rutherford Institute<br \/>South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)<br \/>Taxpayers Protection Alliance<br \/>World Privacy Forum <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 20, 2013 Dear Member of Congress: &nbsp; We, the undersigned organizations, representing thousands of businesses and millions of Americans from all sides of the political spectrum, encourage you to vote against a mandatory&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[60,9],"tags":[142],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters-to-government-agencies-signed-by-tma","category-advocacy-and-letters","tag-advocacy-letters"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Advocacy-Work.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89tuq-ss","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3925,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions\/3925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}