House seeks worker checks on legal status
By Herman Wang

WASHINGTON — About 100 House members will attempt to do what the Senate could not do this year: pass an immigration reform bill.

The Secure America through Verification and Enforcement Act, recently introduced by Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., would require employers to verify that their workers are here legally through an electronic database, authorize money to add 8,000 border patrol agents over five years and increase aerial surveillance of the Southwest border.

“This is, I feel, a common-sense approach,â€