U.S. Sen. Grassley: Works to Give Employers a Better Tool to Verify Work Eligibility of Employees

For Immediate Release

Grassley Works to Give Employers a Better Tool to Verify Work Eligibility of Employees

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation to reauthorize the E-Verify program, formerly the Basic Pilot program, a web-based tool that allows employers to verify the work eligibility of new employees. Grassley’s legislation also makes several needed improvements to the program, including additional information sharing between agencies within the Department of Homeland Security.

“Nobody could have imagined the sophistication of the documents that illegal aliens use to work in the United States, which has made the E-verify program an even more important and useful tool for employers,â€