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E-Verify, the online system used by enrolled employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of newly hired employees against records available to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is temporarily suspended. It’s a barely noticed consequence of the government shutdown, unless, of course, you happen to be one of the more than 800,000 employers enrolled in the program and are in a position to hire new employees.
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On April 18, 2017, at the headquarters of Snap-On Incorporated, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer, Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Buy American, Hire American”. The Hire American portion, explained in all of two paragraphs in Section 5, requires the Attorney General and Secretaries of State, Labor, and Homeland Security to “consistent with applicable law, propose new rules and issue new guidance, to supersede or revise previous rules and guidance if appropriate, to protect the interests of United States workers in the administration of our immigration system”. The second paragraph is a bit more specific inasmuch as it states that these folks ought to “suggest reforms to help ensure that H-1B visas are awarded to the most-skilled or highest-paid petition beneficiaries.” Among those in attendance were likely Snap-On’s H-1B employees, since the company is a perennial petitioner for H-1B workers at its Kenosha, Wisconsin location.[1]
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