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Thursday, May 25, 2006

Federal worker database has flaws: Federal program could grow to affect every U.S. employer, worker under proposed immigration bill

Federal worker database has flaws: Federal program could grow to affect every U.S. employer, worker under proposed immigration bill
Source: Washington Post
The program is intended to keep illegal immigrants from working in the United States and to discourage more from entering, but in nearly a decade of small-scale tests, it has had trouble distinguishing between those who are here legally and those who are not. Fixing it and rolling it out nationwide could cost more than $1 billion.

 



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