Letter to the Editor of the Los Angeles Times on E-Verify
The Times stated that "E-Verify fails to flag illegal workers 54% of the time," but fails to clarify the numbers behind the 54%.
For the sake of simplicity, let's work with rounded numbers and say that last year there were 100 queries (or people) run through the E-Verify system. Of that 100, the audit found that 93 people were correctly authorized to work immediately. About six people were found unauthorized to work.
Due to identity fraud, about half of those six were authorized when they should not have been cleared to work. The other half were caught and denied work. The 54% only relates to the six people initially found unauthorized -- not to the entire 100 that were run through the system. Overall, 96 people out of 100 received accurate responses from E-Verify.
Only when it comes to E-Verify is 96% accuracy not good enough. Let's learn from the mistakes, make changes to combat identity fraud and recognize that E-Verify is the best, and only, tool to catch people working here illegally.
Ken Calvert
Riverside
The writer is a Republican member of Congress and the original author of the bill authorizing the E-Verify program.
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