If an employer is found not to have used E-Verify, the enforcement officer would issue a fine.

KATU--

Voters in Marion and Polk counties could decide in November whether their county governments should police the hiring of illegal immigrants.

The initiatives would require employers with five or more employees to use E-Verify, which is the free federal service that lets employers verify if someone can legally work in the United States. In addition, a county tip line would be established and a county enforcement officer would check out the tips. If an employer is found not to have used E-Verify, the enforcement officer would issue a fine.

I do not see how this is any different than the INS I-9 form which is supposed to verify that you have the right to work in the United States except for the fact that the form is a mute point because nobody ever looks at.

all an employer is currently required to do is to have an employee fill out the form, and then it goes into the file cabinet, and the information is not verified.

while E-verify is not a perfect system...perhaps at the very least, it will curb the use of stolen Social Security numbers.