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With Mississippi being the site of the nation’s largest workplace raid on undocumented workers, lawmakers are trying to crack down on illegal immigrants who obtain false identification for employment.

A bill passed in the Senate and now headed to the House would enhance the penalties for illegal immigrants who create or use false ID.

For more information on the bill that targets immigrants with fake IDs:
Read this story from The Natchez Democrat

The E-Verify program is now at a 99.5 percent accuracy rate, according to a new paper by the Center for Immigration Studies.  The program allows employers to check the immigration status of new employees.  This voluntary program has already screened more than one in 10 new hires nationwide – and has processed more than 6.21 million queries to date.

Although E-Verify is set to expire on Nov. 30, 2008; unless it is re-authorized by Congress, the House of Representatives has already passed a reauthorization bill, and waiting on the Senate to take action.

The Center for Immigration Studies produced a thorough evaluation in a report entitled “If It’s Fixed, Don’t Break It: Moving Forward with E-Verify”.  The report covers a variety of topics in the E-Verify debate, including statistics regarding usage, cost and effectiveness, legislative history, executive orders affecting the program, the relationship of E-Verify to worksite enforcement, and past improvements to the program as well as future goals.

This report is available online, and can be found at CIS.org