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First of all, anyone paying with a W-2, which the e-verify system is for- is paying at least minimum wage. And yes, minimum wage is too low. But workers where I am, doing actual skilled farm work, are paid well over minimum wage. Most are in the $20-$35/hr range. Documented or not- and how would an employer know if they put the number into the system and E-Verify says their number is good?

Employers are paying the 7.5% into social security (into an account that will never pay out to the recipient) in addition to what the 7.5% collected from the worker's paycheck.

So no, it is not a way to give cover to people paying under the table or less than minimum wage.

My theory is that the Treasury utterly depends upon all this money coming in that will never be paid out. They do not want it fixed.