Verification of Eligibility for Employment and Benefits: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, March 30, 1995 |
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Page 14 - Evaluating the results of pilot programs with these criteria must include objective measures and procedures to determine whether current problems related to fraud, discrimination and excessive paperwork requirements for employers are effectively overcome, without imposing undue costs on the government, employers, or employees. The evaluation should pay particular attention to the effectiveness of the measures used to protect civil liberties and privacy. The Commission also recommends reducing the...
Page 11 - ... security number. The computer registry would add only one step to this existing requirement: an employer check that the social security number is valid and has been issued to someone authorized to work in the United States. The Commission believes the computerized system is the most promising option because it holds great potential for accomplishing the following: • Reduction in the potential for fraud. Using a computerized registry, rather than only an identification card, guards against counterfeiting...
Page 42 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INTRODUCTION Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, I am Thomas D. Roslewicz, Deputy Inspector General for Audit Services at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Page 43 - SSI a person must be either a US citizen, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien permanently residing in the United States under color of law— or a PRUCOL alien.
Page 10 - After examining a wide range of alternatives, the Commission concluded that the most promising option for secure, non-discriminatory verification is a computerized registry based on the Social Security Number. For decades, all workers have been required to provide employers with their Social Security Number. Depending on the results of pilot projects that are now being designed, the cumbersome 1-9 process, with its dozens of documents and blizzard of paper, could be replaced by a single electronic...
Page 10 - ... is to immediately test the most promising option After examining a wide range of alternatives, the Commission concluded that the most promising option for secure, non-discriminatory verification is a computerized registry based on the Social Security Number. For decades, all workers have been required to provide employers with their Social Security Number. Depending on the results of pilot projects that are now being designed, the cumbersome 1-9 process, with its dozens of documents and blizzard...
Page 62 - Many of these individuals have been a major drain or our institutions of government and taxpayers. Although great strides have been made in the development and automation of criminal identification and information systems in the past twenty five years, much more must be done to build an integrated system that can fully take advantage of new technology. Comprehensive federal legislation is needed to allow the interstate exchange of criminal history information, but safeguards with appropriate criminal...
Page 7 - The key to this process is the social security number. For decades all workers have been required to provide employers with their social security number. The computer registry would add only one step to this existing requirement: an employer check that the social security number is valid and has been issued to someone authorized to work in the United States. The Commission believes the computerized system is the most promising option because it holds great potential for accomplishing the following:...
Page 88 - ... eligibility of alien participation in the Food Stamp Program. These amendments require that the income and resources of any person, who as the sponsor of an alien's entry into the United States, executes an affidavit of support or similar agreement on behalf of the alien, and the income and resources of the sponsor's spouse (if living with the sponsor) shall be deemed to be the income and resources of the alien under formulas for determining eligibility for SSI, AFDC and Food Stamp benefits during...
Page 47 - The Commission recommends that the President immediately initiate and evaluate pilot programs using the proposed computerized verification system in the five states with the highest levels of illegal immigration as well as several less affected states.