The city spent about $700 for a Wisconsin-based human resources firm to double check that all workers at the temp agency had identification, their paperwork was in order and they didn't have "no match" letters, which are warnings issued by the federal government when a worker's Social Security number and name don't match in federal records.
E-Verify is an Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration that allows employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. It is free and voluntary, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services Web site.
As of Sept. 8, all federal contractors were required to use the system.
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