Judiciary Committee passes E-Verify bill

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email credit The House Judiciary Committee late Wednesday approved by a vote of 20-13 the Legal Workforce Act that would require employers to use a national E-Verify system to verify the legal status of employees.
Agriculture groups oppose the Legal Workforce Act, but it is supported by:
Numbers USA
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Restaurant Association
National Association of Homebuilders
International Franchise Association
National Federation of Independent Business
Leading Builders of America.
Those groups say that a national system is better than a patchwork set of state and local regulations but the agriculture employers say the system should not be established until immigration reform legislation is passed.
–Hagstrom Report

March 6, 2015

The House Judiciary Committee late Wednesday approved by a vote of 20-13 the Legal Workforce Act that would require employers to use a national E-Verify system to verify the legal status of employees.

Agriculture groups oppose the Legal Workforce Act, but it is supported by:

-Numbers USA

-U.S. Chamber of Commerce

-National Restaurant Association

-National Association of Homebuilders