‘Unintended consequence’: E-Verify aimed to stop unauthorized workers. It might be fueling more fraud.

In the hours after federal immigration officers descended on Glenn Valley Foods, company officials and elected leaders made one point clear: Glenn Valley had worked to avoid the exact situation it found itself in.

As proof, they pointed to the Omaha meatpacking plant’s use of E-Verify, a federal system meant to help employers confirm a person’s ability to work legally in the U.S.

“We’ve done everything we’re supposed to do as a company,” Glenn Valley Foods President Chad Hartmann said at the time…

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