At least two illegal workers formerly employed by Trump businesses will be in the House gallery for the president\u2019s State of the Union address Tuesday night. That\u2019s two more good reasons for Mr. Trump and Congress to insist on a mandatory E-Verify employment screening law.<\/p>\n
Courtesy of Democrats eager to make hay over illegal aliens on the payroll at Trump\u2019s National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Victorina Morales and Sandra Diaz<\/a> got reserved seats for the president\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n The Washington Times reported last month that just five of the 565 companies in the Trump Organization were signed up for the government\u2019s E-Verify online vetting system<\/a>.<\/p>\n Attempting to improve the optics, the Trump companies announced they will start using E-Verify<\/a> to weed out workers who are in the country illegally.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are actively engaged in uniforming this process across our properties and will institute E-Verify at any property not currently utilizing this system,\u201d\u00a0said Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s son blamed illegal aliens for submitting bogus paperwork that enabled them to be hired in the first place.<\/p>\n His concern is legitimate. Counterfeit and stolen documents are widely used by illegal aliens to secure employment under false pretenses. This makes the case for E-Verify even stronger, and Trump & Co. should have put this tool to use long before now.<\/p>\n \u201cMuch embarrassment for businesses and hardship for workers could be avoided if E-Verify were mandatory and only legal workers employed by all employers,\u201d notes Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA.<\/p>\n