Rep. Heath Shuler’s immigration bill got another hearing Tuesday, but time is running out on his plan to require employers to use a government database to screen out unauthorized workers. From: citizen-times.com
Tagged: E-VerifyPosted on: June 11th, 2008
Lawmakers acknowledged they needed to do something about the millions of illegal immigrants working in the U.S. But many at a House immigration subcommittee hearing cited numerous problems with mandating that employers use E-Verify, the Department of Homeland Security’s screening database, which currently is voluntary.
“Essentially, we can become a super giant government database on all Americans,” said Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. “It will drive immigrant workers even further underground.””*
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