• Various State E-Verify Laws To Go Into Effect January 1, 2012

    • January 3, 2012
    • Category: E-Verify, Employers
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      Several states will require various employers to use the E-Verify system as of January 1, 2012.

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  • California Outlaws Local E-Verify Laws (AB 1236)

    • November 3, 2011
    • Category: AB 1236, E-Verify, Governor Jerry Brown
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      On October 9, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown signed into law A.B. 1236.  A.B. 1236 prohibits local governments from making E-Verify mandatory for employers within their borders.

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  • DHS Secretary Napolitano Testifies on E-Verify

    • October 28, 2011
    • Category: E-Verify, I-9, Napolitano
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      On Wednesday, October 26, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. E-Verify was one of several topics in Secretary Napolitano’s testimony.

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  • Infographic: The Costs of E-Verify

    • July 1, 2011
    • Category: Enforcement, Guest Worker Program, Immigration Attorney, Immigration Law
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    From:   The Center for American Progress. This infographic explains the costs of E-Verify, the government’s Internet-based work authorization system. It highlights the system’s known costs, such as lost tax revenue and monetary burdens on small businesses, and estimates the costs of additional fiscal burdens—to individuals verified through the system, to employers utilizing the system, and

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  • E-VERIFY NEWSLETTER LAUNCHES

    • December 29, 2010
    • Category: Enforcement, US Employers
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    E-Verify is an Internet-based system run by the Department of Homeland Security that allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States. USCIS has released the first issue of “E-Verify Connection,” an e-newsletter that brings updates and information regarding E-Verify. You can access the newsletter here.

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  • IMMIGRATION UPDATE – E-Verify

    • October 27, 2009
    • Category: Enforcement, Immigration Law
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    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is currently attempting to convince Congress to make E-Verify, the voluntary Internet-based employment verification system, mandatory for all employers in the United States. COMMENTARY E-VERIFY: What is E-Verify? E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows an employer, using information reported on an employee’s Form I-9, to determine the eligibility

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