Proposed Reforms Won't Fix Alabama's Immigration Law | Alex Nowrasteh | Cato Institute: Commentary

Proposed Reforms Won't Fix Alabama's Immigration Law | Alex Nowrasteh | Cato Institute: Commentary: "[trying to correct] their identity information in government databases, [takes] an average of 104 days to fulfill (as of 2009). If the worker is unsuccessful in contesting the government's decision in a short amount of time, he must be fired.

E-Verify is largely ineffective at weeding unauthorized workers out of the labor force — missing them more than half of the time"

"Around one percent of legal American workers are initially denied employment by E-Verify and many of them have to spend many months sorting out the problems — all because the government has forced them to ask permission to work."