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E-Verify
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Obama Compromise? DREAM Act + E-Verify?
David Harrison writes for Congressional Quarterly:President Obama hinted [last week] that he might support attaching a Democratic initiative to grant legal status to some illegal immigrants to a Republican measure…
California Employment Law Update
Arizona Law Requiring Use Of E-Verify Is Upheld
By Tony Oncidi
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 563 U.S. ___, 131 S. Ct. 1968 (2011) In 1996, Congress created E-Verify, which is “an internet-based system that allows an employer to verify an…
Alabama Employment Law Report
Alabama’s New Immigration Law, Part III
Since I first posted a detailed list of what Alabama's new Immigration Law covers, quite a bit has gone on. There have been marches, much discussion on radio, TV and the…
BeLabor the Point
Southern Hospitality Welcomes E-Verify: Tennessee and Alabama Governors Sign Laws Mandating Use of E-Verify
Tennessee and Alabama joined the growing list of states requiring certain employers within the state to use E-Verify when hiring new workers. The Alabama law broad implications for individuals…
ImmigrationProf Blog
E-Verify Devastates Georgia
From America's Voice:Will Lamar Smith’s Mandatory E-Verify Bill Do for American Agriculture what it has done for Georgia’s Growers?Washington, DC – As the House prepares to move mandatory E-Verify legislation…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The True Costs of E-Verify
In May, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Arizona immigration law that, among other things, required employers in Arizona to use the use the federal E-Verify system to check employee…
ImmigrationProf Blog
As the States Are Passing Immigration Enforcement Laws at Record Levels, Will Congress Act on Immigration Reform?
Immigration developments at the state and local level are just about impossible to keep up with. North Carolina's Governor signed a bill that week that will require employers to verify the…
Employment Law Worldview
There Ain’t No Cure For The E-Verify Blues
It’s summertime and the immigration debate is heating up again. On the heels of a recent Supreme Court decision upholding the mandatory E-Verify provision of Arizona’s Legal Arizona Workers Act…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Introduction of the Legal Workforce Act of 2011
Today, Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced the Legal Workforce Act of 2011 that would dramatically expand and make mandatory a government internet-based work authorization system, E-Verify, on all U.S. employers.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Nation of Immigrators — Immigration Voyeurism: An Early Peek at Rep. Lamar Smith’s Mandatory E-Verify Bill
Angelo Paparelli on Nation on Immigrators a draft mandatory E-Verify bill sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Tentatively titled the “Legal Workforce Act” (LWA), the proposal would,…