Senate bill would punish firms that hire illegal immigrants

“Federal contractors caught hiring illegal immigrants would be banned from government work for as long as a decade under sanctions the Senate added unanimously to a minimum wage bill.

The Senates action Thursday, pushed by Republican senators, was this Congress first foray into immigration regulation, and it prompted an outcry of opposition from business groups.”

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