Employment Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
September 2, 2009
U.S. Senate Amends Homeland Security Bill to Include E-Verify Database System in Checking Immigration Status of Prospective Employees
To Make the Pilot Program for Employment Eligibility Confirmation for Aliens Permanent
S. AMDT.1371 to H.R.2892 and S.AMDT.1373, 7/7/2009
By a vote of 53 to 44, with three members not voting, the U.S. Senate has approved legislation to make permanent the use of an electronic system for employers to check the documentation of prospective employees.
This measure is part of an amendment to the $42.9 billion appropriations bill of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) for fiscal year 2010. This amendment, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Sessions, that would extend the use of a federal database to check the work eligibility of employees called E-Verify. The original provision in the appropriations bill merely calls for a three-year extension of the…
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