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Shutdown sidelines E-Verify, but hiring must go on

With the website down, employers hungry for labor have no way to weed out undocumented workers.

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The restaurant industry is facing a severe worker shortage amid a low unemployment rate, fewer young people in the workforce and competition from gig-economy employers. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Restaurants hungry for workers say they’ll keep hiring even though a government system to help them weed out undocumented employees is, ironically, not working because of the government shutdown over immigration.

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