Security Industry Association says E-Verify needs Biometrics

Federal Government Report on E-Verify Shows Need for Biometrics, SIA Says (Yahoo News & PRWeb)

E-Verify is used by employers to determine if individuals are legal residents of the United States and, thus, eligible to work in this country. The program, however, suffers from significant error rates, and SIA in November released a set of recommendations for adding a biometric component to the program that could “reduce these error rates, increase privacy and enhance identity assurance.”