Judiciary Committee passes E-Verify bill
March 06, 2015 |01:01 PM
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:
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.
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.
