Federal contractors must ‘E-Verify’ employees’ eligibility to work

President Bush issued an executive order today requiring all federal contractors to use an electronic verification system to ensure their workers can legally work in the United States.

The move is the latest step by the administration to ratchet up enforcement of immigration laws by using tough measures, including a series of high-profile raids on work sites and factories across the country.

“Contractors that employ illegal aliens cannot rely on the continuing availability and service of those illegal workers,” the administration said in a statement.”*

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