E-Verify Bill Survives Judiciary Committee, But Faces Opposition on Many Fronts

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2885) (pdf), which would require that employers use E-Verify to authenticate individuals’ legal work status, has produced one of the more unusual opposition coalitions, given the current political climate: conservative, tea-party, libertarian and liberal groups all oppose the measure. The groups have voiced their opposition in letters to lawmakers, and one group took an ad out on Politico, a multimedia news outlet covering politics.  Continue reading this entry at Littler's Global Immigration Counsel.

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