Employers See Some Progress On Immigration

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Although stalemate on Capitol Hill is preventing significant immigration policy developments, skirmishes are being fought over work-site enforcement regulations and the expansion of a government electronic verification system. The Department of Homeland Security asked for the extra time to revise a rule it promulgated in September that would require companies to resolve within 90 days discrepancies between a worker's name and Social Security number or fire the employee. The rule prompted a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union and labor and business organizations. Meanwhile, language that would require all federal contractors to adopt the government's electronic employment verification system was included in four appropriations bills. But it has been removed from two of them.

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Employers See Some Progress On Immigration

Although stalemate on Capitol Hill is preventing significant immigration policy developments, skirmishes are being fought over work-site enforcement regulations and t...

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