Where You Stand on E-Verify Depends on Where You Sit
By Caitlin Webber, CQ Staff

The debate over the E-Verify program is less one about statistics, or even policy, than it is about two states of mind.

One says nobody should have to prove to the government that they are qualified to work in the United States. The government should have to prove they are not.

The other says that people have to be sorted out in order to enforce the law, and both must be examined to separate the legal from the illegal.

Those points of view aren’t even mutually exclusive. But neither side gives the other an inch.

“The only reason why an American citizen would choose not to contest [an incorrect record] is because they have stolen someone’s identity or have a criminal record they are trying to hide,â€