Perry to Require State Agencies to Use E-Verify

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The Texas Tribune – Bobby Blanchard

Nearly two weeks after President Obama announced an executive order on immigration, Gov. Rick Perry announced an order of his own.

At a news conference Wednesday, Perry said he would be requiring all state agencies to use E-Verify, a federal electronic employee verification system that aims to prevent the hiring of illegal workers. Perry said anyone contracting with state agencies would have to use E-Verify as well. The executive order takes effect immediately.

“The E-Verify system has been improved, it’s been streamlined and it currently is the most accurate and efficient way to check a person’s legal work in the United States,” Perry said. “Though any steps taken at the state level must be backed up by a real federal commitment to fixing a broken system.”

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