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Infographic: The Costs of E-Verify
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Infographic: The Costs of E-Verify

A Closer Look at the Government's Work Authorization System

An infographic from Philip E. Wolgin breaks down the costs of E-Verify, the government’s Internet-based work authorization system.

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This infographic explains the costs of E-Verify, the government’s Internet-based work authorization system. It highlights the system’s known costs, such as lost tax revenue and monetary burdens on small businesses, and estimates the costs of additional fiscal burdens—to individuals verified through the system, to employers utilizing the system, and to the federal government in running the system—absent from much of the dialogue. E-Verify expands the size of government while decreasing revenue, places a crushing burden on small businesses, and imposes a “jobs tax” on ordinary Americans.

The costs of E-Verify

Philip E. Wolgin is an Immigration Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress.

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(Phil Wolgin)

Philip E. Wolgin

Former Managing Director, Immigration Policy