E-Verify Fact Sheet
Center for Immigration Studies | CIS.org | March 2015
Successful E-Verify Implementation
Requires the use of E-Verify
by all or nearly all employers
Requires public contractors and/or
state agencies to use E-Verify
Requires some public contractors or
some state agencies to use E-Verify
Specific legislation opposing
the use of E-Verify
No legislation supporting or
opposing the use of E-Verify
Allows an alternative to E-Verify
AK
Legislatively postponed and
not in effect
HI
E-Verify Proven Highly Accurate
Green Light
Yellow Light
Automatically Confirmed
as Work Authorized
Received Tentative
Non-Confirmation (TNC)
FY 2013 Numbers
Confirmed
Issued TNC
Confirmed after TNC
Not Found Authorized
Uncontested
Contested
Unresolved
Confirmed as Work
Authorized
Not Found Work
Authorized
Did Not Contest the
TNC (Received FNC)
Contested the TNC but
Denied (Received FNC)
Unresolved (Required
Action/Withdrawn)
Enrollment Explodes
23,652,649*
284,856
51,689
234,364
186,489
2,394
45,481
Accuracy
TNC Mismatch Rate (2011)
FNC Accuracy Rate (2011)
Est. FNC Errors, FY 2013**
Red Light
44%
An estimated 44% of all new hires in
FY 2013 were screened through E-Verify
0.30%
94%
0.047%
*These numbers are estimated by multiplying the percentage given by the total number of cases.**This number was calculated by taking one minus the FNC Accuracy rate and mulplying that
by the percentage of FNCs isued (0.78% uncontested + 0.01% contested). Sources: Tracker Corp–E-Verify Legislation Map, Law Logix–E-Verify, CIS–E-Verify at the State Level,
USCIS–About E-Verify Program, USCIS/Westat Evaluation of the Accuracy of E-Verify Findings (2012), USCIS–Key Finding of E-Verify User Survey 2013, Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job
Openings and Labor Turnover Survey