The One Simple Trick That Could Lead Illegal Immigrants To Self-Deport

PresidentDonaldTrumpandhisadministrationhavethrownouttheplaybookonimmigration. Betweenresurrectingan18th-centurylawtodeportviolentcriminalsandrunningnationwidetelevisioncommercialsencouragingillegalimmigrantstoleavethecountry,theWhiteHouseisemployinganythingandeverythingtheycantoremoveillegalsfromthecountry,andstrengthenthesouthernborder.ButexpertssaytheTrumpadministrationhasanotherarrowintheirquiver—onethat’snotnew,butstillincrediblyeffective. E-VerifyisafreeservicefromtheDepartmentofHomelandSecuritythatallowsemployerstocheckapplicants’employmentauthorizationstatus.Untilnow,proponentsofE-Verifyhaveencouragedemployerstousetheservicetoensuretheydon’thireillegals.Butnow,expertssaymandatingtheservicewouldspiketherateofself-deportations. “There’snoquestionthatalargepart,andmaybemost,ofanyreductionintheillegalpopulationhastocomethroughselfdeportation,”CenterforImmigrationStudiesExecutiveDirectorMarkKrikoriantol