E-Verify Digital ID Calls For “Non-Photographic Technology” To Prove ID, Creates a Kill Switch For Employment Eligibility, Critics Say

Opponents of a new immigration bill, just passed by the US House of Representatives, say that it is a harmful piece of legislation that represents “a Trojan Horse” to, eventually, enable the E-Verify ID system to take strong root. Rather than focus to criminalize the hiring of illegal immigrants, the E-Verify system, meanwhile, lets employers confirm the eligibility of employees to work in the United States through a digital ID system. Introduced in the House this month, the Secure the Border Act of 2023 is there to address issues such as immigration and border security and contains limits to asylum eligibility. These limits apply to non-US nationals who are considered aliens under federal law, and the difference in returning these people to where they came from – whether that’s their own country or another – is that previously, the US authorities could only do this if they had a prior agreement with the last previous country in the chain. Now, this should be “automatic,” the bill states, with people ineligible for asylum simply sent back to either their own country, or that where they enjoyed their last lawful residence. The bill is the work of Republicans who overwhelmingly support it, as another way to secure the US border. But critics say, the effort here will take away some of the power that the executive branch has over immigration policy, and some of the ways state attorney-generals have to bring the federal government to court if the White House, for example,…E-Verify Digital ID Calls For “Non-Photographic Technology” To Prove ID, Creates a Kill Switch For Employment Eligibility, Critics Say