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The Denver [CO] City Council has voted to require public construction contractors and sub-contractors to enroll in E-Verify. One of the Councilmen, Doug Linkhart, reportedly parroted a couple of the standard arguments against the program:
“The system can falsely report a legal worker as being ineligible.”
This claim isn’t necessarily true, but even if it is, it doesn’t prevent a legal worker from keeping his job. E-Verify can only be used to verify new hires; in other words, the worker already has the job. It is illegal and prohibited by the employer’s agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to use E-Verify to pre-screen employees.
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The service offered by Verify I-9, LLC exceeds the requirements of the Utah E-Verify law. Our “No Headaches” program has no setup fee and no monthly fee. Verification can be as simple as sending a fax and as inexpensive as $5.95 per new hire. Sign up today or request more information. It went into affect July 1, 2010. It requires Utah companies with more than fifteen employees to check the legal status of new workers. But, as of Tuesday, less than 200 companies in the state were doing so. Many Utah businesses not following new Verify law - ABC 4.com - Salt Lake City, Utah News
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Only about a third of Arizona’s 100,000 employers are using E-Verify, despite the fact that the requirement has been in effect for more than two years and businesses that do not verify risk losing their business license: During E-Verify's most recent full fiscal year, which ended in September 2009, Arizona employers made more than 1.3 million new hires but ran just 730,000 E-Verify checks. Most Arizona employers aren't using E-Verify
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Arizona, a state that knows better than any about the negative impact of illegal immigration, now has the toughest law in the nation. President Obama used the bill’s signing to pimp amnesty at the national level, calling the new law “irresponsibility.” "We in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act," Brewer said after signing the law. "But decades of inaction and misguided policy have created a dangerous and unacceptable situation." Ariz. governor signs immigration enforcement billNote: Cross posted from BobGriggs.com.
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The use of EVerify in Tennessee is increasing. From the WBIR.com story: Tennessee businesses that hire undocumented workers face penalties, including the possible loss of their business license. That may be one reason an internet-based system that confirms employment eligibility is gaining ground here: E-Verify. More than 2,700 Tennessee businesses use E-Verify to compare a worker's documentation against a federal database. WBIR.com | Knoxville, TN | More Tennessee businesses use E-Verify to check worker eligibility
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