On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 21:04:35 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:




May be, but it's the law.

"U.S. law requires companies to employ only individuals who may legally work
in the United States - either U.S. citizens, or foreign citizens who have
the necessary authorization ... E-Verify is an Internet-based system that
allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in
the United States."

In other words, U.S. law says that only certain people can legally work in
the U.S. and the approved way to ascertain that is to check the proffered
SSN with the government.


OK, but if you have 1000 applicants and one finalist to make an offer,
you only need that one number, not all the others that will be sitting
in a file drawer for a long time.