E-Verify - States Leading Charge toward Mandatory Use of Federal System to Verify Employee CItizenship Status
Published by Policy. August 27, 2008 at 3:08 pm in Travel & Immigration.

Immigration reform has been an issue on the national agenda for quite some time. Congress’ failure last year to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation has resulted in states taking it upon themselves to enact legislation addressing immigration issues, especially employment-related immigration issues. Included in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 was a bill that would have created a program called the “Employment Eligibility Verification System.â€