Twelve states have some form of mandatory E-Verify legislation in place and now Ohio is looking to add another state to the list. State Rep. Courtney Combs introduced legislation yesterday that would require both public and private companies to use the successful workplace verification tool.
Thousands of impoverished elderly, disabled or blind legal residents of New York State, including refugees, will be limited to $352 a month in public aid — about half of what lower courts have said they should get — under a decision by the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court.
The Rhode Island state house passed a mandatory E-Verify bill on Tuesday, but the measure now goes to the state Senate where it's failed the last two years. The bill would require private employers to use E-Verify, which expands an executive order, which requires government contractors to use the workplace verification tool.
If the government were really honest about paying for amnesty, they would do something like they did with the $700 billion bank bailout last October, (the TARP). The leaders of the government would come before the American voters and say, “We need $999 billion to pay for amnesty for people who entered the country illegally.”
The U.S. College Board has stayed out of the debate about in-state tuition for illegal aliens, until now. The Board, which consists of 5,000 colleges and universities, is urging Congress to allow states to offer in-state rates to illegal aliens and provide a path to citizenship.
A proposal to extend in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens in New Jersey appears to be gaining momentum. Governor Jon Corzine endorsed the legislation, as well as an independent blue-ribbon panel. Plus, the talk of immigration reform from the Obama Administration may give enough fuel to pass the bill.
In a last minute vote before the Maryland General Assembly session wrapped up, lawmakers passed a bill Monday night that attempts to bring the state into compliance with the Federal REAL ID Act with respect to state-issued driver's licenses. The state was one of four in the country that allowed illegal aliens to obtain a driver's license, but that will end on June 1.
A new Zogby International poll shows that Florida voters think that illegal immigration is hurting the Sunshine State by an overwhelming margin. A new FAIR study confirms the poll, finding that illegal immigration costs Florida taxpayers $3.8 billion annually, which is double from 2005.
The Salt Lake City Police Department's decision not to participate in a new law that will allow local officers to enforce federal immigration law has infuriated the bill's legislative sponsor.
A Rhode Island Superior Court judge had upheld an executive order issued last year by Gov. Donald Carcieri that requires the mandatory use of E-Verify for state employers and contractors. The ACLU filed the lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction to block the state's use of E-Verify.
In an online Spanish language chat room, people from all along the East Coast seek tips on how to get a driver's license in Maryland, though they don't live in Maryland.
An Indiana Senate committee approved a bill that would punish employers who repeatedly hire undocumented workers. The bill now moves to the Senate floor for a full vote.
Hawaii may ban illegal immigrants from getting driver's licenses as the state tries to comply with the federal security law known as Real ID.http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9816495&nav=menu554_2
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Last year, Indiana Senator Mike Delph proposed an immigration bill that failed, but he's proposed a new bill which he says would be the toughest immigration law in the country. Delph filed Senate Bill 580 for the third straight year, which is designed to punish those who harbor, transport or employ illegal aliens in the State of Indiana.
Rhode Island State Representative Jon Brien is strengthening an immigration reform proposal for the state assembly. Rep. Brien's proposal has passed the Rhode Island House in the previous two years before stalling in the General Assembly. But this year's bill expands the mandatory use of E-Verify from state agencies and vendors to private businesses.
A proposal, developed by Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger, asks for the approval to question suspects, arrested of violent crimes and weapons offenses, about their immigration status, a complete reversal in a county where government officials, for years, refused to do so even when neighboring jurisdictions adopted the practice. http://www.thesentinel.com/338110898600552.php
By Joe Slaninka - Montgomery (Md.) County Sentinel
Following in the footsteps of Prince William County, Va., all persons arrested for violations of local or State law by the Manassas Police Department will have their immigration status checked beginning on Dec. 1. Officers also will be allowed to investigate the status of persons who are "lawfully detained" for local or State violations if they have "probable cause."
The Hall Co. Sheriff's Office signed up for the 287(g) program six months ago and the county has seen a massive outflow of illegal aliens.
Kris Kobach, arguably the nation’s premiere legal advisor for state and local government immigration reduction efforts, has published a definitive article in the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal that lays out areas in which state and local governments can constitutionally act in the immigration areas without being preempted by Federal law.
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals this week upheld an Arizona law that requires businesses to use E-Verify to check worker eligibility and revokes the business licenses of those who knowingly hire illegal aliens.
Concerned citizens on Washington State are trying to collect signatures for Initiative 409, a proposal that would force Washington to change its notoriously lax illegal immigration laws.
In the wake of pressure from immigration reduction activist D.A. King and NumbersUSA members, Cobb County, Georgia will begin checking the immigration status of every applicant for a business license. As of July 1, 2007, Georgia law required all local governments to use certain federal tools to determine the eligibility of applicants for "public benefits" such as business licenses. However, Cobb County is the first local government in the state to commit to do so, the Marietta Daily Journal reports
