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E-Verify needs additional capabilities to more effectively confirm that individuals are eligible for employment in the United States. We identified deficiencies in E-Verify’s processes for confirming identity during employment verification. E-Verify’s photo-matching process is not fully automated, but rather, relies on employers to confirm individuals’ identities by manually reviewing photos. We also determined that in fiscal year 2019, E-Verify returned an "Employment Authorized" result for about 280,000 non-U.S. citizens without using the photo-matching process to confirm their identities. Additionally, although the majority of individuals submit a driver’s license to prove identity, E-Verify’s process does not use photos to ensure that individuals match the license submitted. We found errors in E-Verify’s license verification process that resulted in E-Verify deeming about 613,000 individuals "Employment Authorized" without meeting USCIS’ own identification system use requirement.
Read Report No. OIG-21-56
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