'E-Verify' Background Check Program A Likely Part Of Any Immigration Reform

from National Public Radio

Any new immigration legislation is likely to expand the E-Verify program as a key component of enforcement. Some businesses already use the program to confirm that their new hires are authorized to work. But E-Verify has been error-prone in the past. Audie Cornish talks with Muzaffar Chishti of the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute about how the program has evolved and what it will take to expand it nationwide.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, January 29, 2013