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Two states seek to make E-Verify mandatory for all employers 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 24, 2011

Tags: E-verify, immigration, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Bills in the Illinois and Texas legislatures seek to make the controversial E-Verify system mandatory for all employers.

GOP lawmakers push for mandatory use of E-Verify 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 14, 2011

Tags: E-verify, federal contractors, illegal immigration, immigration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, undocumented workers

WASHINGTON – The controversy over the electronic system designed to help employers identify whether their workers are legally authorized to work has been renewed by Republican lawmakers who say the system should be expanded to keep jobs in the hands of American workers.

Supreme Court takes up Ariz. employer sanctions law 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: December 8, 2010

Tags: Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, E-verify, immigration, Legal Arizona Workers Act, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – The debate over an Arizona law imposing sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers and mandating the use of the federal E-Verify database reached the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, where the justices pondered whether it is preempted by federal law.

Strange coalition takes immigration case to SCOTUS 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 29, 2010

Tags: Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, E-verify, immigration, Legal Arizona Workers Act, Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court case Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting brings together not only a host of controversial legal issues, including immigration, employment discrimination and federal preemption, but also a group legal advocates who usually battle against one another.

Two lawsuits filed against Nebraska town’s immigration law 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: July 21, 2010

Tags: E-verify, immigration

Two lawsuits have been filed against a Nebraska town’s Arizona-style immigration law that prohibits anyone from hiring or renting a home to illegal immigrants.

The measure also requires that employers use the controversial federal E-Verify database to confirm authorization status of workers.

IMMIGRATION 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: June 29, 2010

Tags: E-verify, immigration, undocumented workers

Is an Arizona statute that imposes sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers and requires that employers use the federal E-Verify database for checking work authorization constitutional?

See “Supreme Court agrees to review Arizona immigration law“

Supreme Court agrees to review Arizona immigration law 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: June 28, 2010

Tags: E-verify, immigration

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitutionality of an Arizona statute that imposes sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers and requires that employers use the federal E-Verify database for checking work authorization.

E-Verify changes take effect 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: June 11, 2010

Tags: E-verify, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS

E-Verify has launched changes to its design and user interface that include requiring employers to complete a tutorial before they are able to verify a new hire’s employment eligibility.

Employee verification law not completely preempted 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: February 8, 2010

Tags: E-verify, immigration

A state law that requires certain employers to verify the work status of employees is not completely preempted by federal immigration law, the 10th Circuit has ruled.

Obama’s budget boosts some key legal initiatives 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 4, 2010

Tags: budget, E-verify, estate planning, estate tax, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, National Labor Relations Board, Obama

WASHINGTON – Despite President Barack Obama’s call for a freeze in discretionary spending, his fiscal 2011 budget calls for a boost in spending for a number of federal agencies and programs that, if adopted by Congress, will have an impact on the work of the nation’s attorneys.