N.C. Republicans want to require contractors eligible for stimulus money to verify all employees' Social Security numbers.
By Franco Ordoñez
fordonez@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Friday, Mar. 06, 2009
Saying illegal immigrants shouldn't profit from the stimulus package, N.C. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require contractors eligible for the federal money to verify their employees' immigration status.

The legislation, sponsored by 32 Republicans, was spurred in part by an Observer report that thousands of N.C. jobs created by the stimulus effort could go to illegal immigrants.

“This is Americans' money, and we ought to make sure Americans are getting these jobs,â€