E-Verify – in Spanish?

An online program that was launched and supported by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), E-Verify is intended to provide employers the ability to check on the legal status of the employees they hire. According to the USCIS today, the E-Verify program went through a system upgrade and is now available to private individuals in Spanish.

Along with many other states in the South West, Nevada is one of 16 states who will be receiving this new program upgrade, but will the communities of people in question be interested in utilizing this program on their own?

The DHS and USCIS state that making this program available to the community at-large will help individuals know their status before they apply for employment, suggesting that the added ease of access will encourage individuals to use the program. However, during the state’s recent legislative session, the diverse chambers of commerce throughout the state came out against a statewide E-Verify initiative that would have required all Nevada businesses to operate under the program. As the state prepares to adopt the new program upgrade, it is uncertain as to whether E-Verify en Español will receive a warm or luke warm welcome.

We at Mi Familia Vota – Nevada, encourage our local Latino communities to become more educated and aware of the programs that are available to them. Only through education and participation will our communities be better served.  

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