PRO-CON: Should employers be required to use E-Verify, the government’s computerized identification system? Yes

E-Verify is a Web-based system to cross-reference Social Security numbers and other pertinent information. Some 56,000 employers already use the system.

As we’ve noted, in states where local authorities have ramped up enforcement, illegal immigration has declined dramatically, and many of those already here have left under a process some have called self-deportation. The risks soon exceed the benefits.

While the V stands for verification and the E stands for enforcement, the A does not stand for amnesty.

This might explain the opposition of the House Democratic leadership.

It deals strictly with sealing the borders first, creating a safe and secure system under which issues such as guest workers and paths to citizenship can be dealt with.

The theory is: First, stop the bleeding.

Editorial, Investor’s Business Daily