[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5631]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                    NEW EMPLOYEE VERIFICATION SYSTEM

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on November 1, the Nation's 
employment verification system, E-Verify, is going to expire.
  E-Verify is a broken employment verification system that has helped 
grow the number of illegal immigrants in America to over 12 million. We 
have got to find new solutions.
  Our bill, H.R. 5515, the New Employment Verification Act or NEVA, 
would replace the current paper-based and error-prone I-9 process upon 
which E-Verify is based with an electronic verification system. H.R. 
5515 would use the existing new hire registry reporting process already 
used by over 90 percent of U.S. employers. This bill will create a 
national employment verification system for new hires that's reliable 
and efficient.
  With E-Verify scheduled to expire this year, now is the time for the 
Congress to create a new way to move forward that prevents unauthorized 
employment. I urge my colleagues to cosponsor H.R. 5515.

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