We have had many discussions here about many fast food places that had people that you could barely understand and who could not understand you as the customer, wrong orders constantly and such.

A few days ago. my son and I were out getting some wood chips from someones downed tree's. He was starved (as is usual with a nearly 16 year old) so we stopped at McDonalds for a quick sandwich before we started on our way.

We sat in the back and happened to be next to a group of new potential hires in a group interview with a manager. We could not help but hear the manager say to one kid, although his English was "native" (raised here, but had a green card?), "ok, this is set to expire in a month, and we will want you to bring in your new one to re-verify it, ok?". He then stated he had already sent in his "application paperwork" and was expecting to hear from "them" in about a week.

She then made the statement to the group "I will be verifying all of your information, and letting you know if there are any issues, and if not, you're all good to go".

This was a mixed group of people, and I presume it meant that she was checking ALL ID's with E-Verify. I am impressed she was taking these steps.

So it would seem that with all of the public pressure, and likely the fear of being raided, made at least McDonalds start doing what was needed to verify their employees. My mother stated she also has noticed some marked changes in the staffing of all the fast food places locally, mainly with American, English speaking kids or adults.

The public pressure I think had a good deal to do with this, but also the fear of a bad reputation for being raided, and of course the legal aspect of that too.