United States Customs and Immigration Services has added the Department of State's passport data to E-Verify to further increase the reliability of system. USCIS said that the enhancement is already reducing the instances of mismatches among foreign-born citizens.
A Utah bill, SB81, passed in March of last year requires public employers and contractors to use E-Verify effective July 1, 2009. It also made it illegal to lay off an employee while retaining an illegal alien in the same job category. State Senator Pat Jones proposed SB113 that would delay the implementation of SB81 for another year, but the bill died in committee on Monday.
North Carolina Representative Sue Myrick and Tennessee Rep. Phil Roe are among the 19 cosigners of Rep. Phil Gingrey's H.R.878 (Nuclear Family Priority Act) that was introduced last month.
While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid does everything possible inside the Capitol to limit the use of E-Verify to keep illegal aliens out of jobs, he tells quite a different story to the voters of his state. Here is what he is saying in his letters to Nevada citizens: "I strongly believe that every job in our country should go only to those authorized to work in the United States. This is why I strongly support programs like E-Verify that are designed to ensure that employers only hire those who are legally authorized to work in the United States ..."
The Senate began discussions today on the $410 billion omnibus spending bill passed by the House last week. The House version contained a six-month extension for E-Verify, which is set to expire on March 6.
Dear Congressman Gingrey,
NumbersUSA is proud to endorse H.R. 878 and to salute you for your leadership in once again trying to enact what we believe is the single most important change needed in our immigration policies.
Mississippi Representative Gregg Harper and North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones were among the 19 original cosigners when Rep. Phil Gingrey introduced H.R.878 (Nuclear Family Priority Act) earlier this month.
Numbers released by the federal government last week show a decrease in the population of immigrants who are in the United States illegally. The Department of Homeland Security reported that the number of illegal aliens as of January 2008 was 11.6 million, which was 200,000 less than in 2007.
