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E-Verify Passes House in Stimulus Bill
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Employment Screening Firm Lists E-Verify as a Top Ten Trend
The use of E-Verify as an employment screening tool topped the list of the Employment Screening Resources second annual top ten trends list. ESR is a human resources consulting firm providing pre-employment screening reports to Employers, Human Resources and Security departments. E-Verify didn't make the first list of top ten trends last year, but increased government regulation was cited as a cause for the workplace verification tool making the list in 2009.
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SC County Official Endorses E-Verify
New South Carolina legislation requires all businesses with more than 500 employees to begin checking and verifying new hires through E-Verify. Although smaller entities don't have to begin using the verification tool for at least another six months, Pickens County is requiring that all new county employees be verified, and the county's human resource director has given a strong endorsement.
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Sen. Grassley Asks Microsoft to Layoff H-1B Foreign Workers First
In a letter addressed to Microsoft last week, Senator Charles Grassley asked the company to layoff foreign workers before laying off skilled American workers. The letter came in response to a report last week that said the company would be laying off approximately 5,000 workers.
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Nebraska Egg Plant Accused of Hiring Undocumented Workers
A former employee of Henningsen Foods in David City, Neb. has filed a suit against the company charging that they knowingly hired undocumented workers and gave them preferential treatment. The former worker was fired from the plant in 2007 and the charges are part of a wrongful-termination lawsuit against the plant.
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E-Verify Amendments Added to House Appropriations Stimulus Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a stimulus bill on Thursday with two key amendments. Rep. Ken Calvert successfully added an amendment that would extend E-Verify for four years. Rep. Jack Kingston successfully added another amendment that would require any contractors awarded work through stimulus money verify the employment eligibility of their workers through E-Verify.
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Rep. Ted Poe Calls Out NY Times for Immigration Editorial
Texas Representative Ted Poe called out the New York Times in a letter to the editor published on Thursday. Last week, the paper published an editorial entitled "A Sense of Who We Are" painting a harsh criticism of the Bush Administration's deportation policies.
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Indiana State Senator Proposes Tougher Immigration Bill
Last year, Indiana Senator Mike Delph proposed an immigration bill that failed, but he's proposed a new bill which he says would be the toughest immigration law in the country. Delph filed Senate Bill 580 for the third straight year, which is designed to punish those who harbor, transport or employ illegal aliens in the State of Indiana.
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Bush Commutes Sentences for Ramos and Compean
During his final full day in office, President Bush commuted the sentences of former Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. The two former agents had been sentenced after their involvement in the shooting a now-convicted Mexican drug smuggler back in 2005.
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287(g) Successful in a North Carolina County
In a recent presentation by Henderson County Sheriff Rick Davis to the county commissioners, he said the 287(g) program, which has been in place for about six months, has been very successful. The program's purpose is to identify and help deport illegal aliens that are committing crimes in the county.