Eleven Attorneys General and 68 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Justice Department in opposing SB 1070, Arizona's 2010 immigration enforcement law, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in the case.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed an amicus brief supporting the Justice Department's lawsuit against Arizona.
Rhode Island lawmakers are considering two E-Verify bills designed to prevent the hiring of illegal aliens in the state. The bills, introduced by Peter Palumbo (D-Dist. 16, Cranston), are scheduled for hearings held by the House Committee on Labor at the Statehouse tonight.
Two Florida counties - Orange and Lake - now require companies to check new hires using the E-Verify system before awarding them a county-funded project. Orange County is the fifth largest county in Florida and the 35th largest county in the United States.
A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 60% of likely voters think that when it comes to the issue of immigration reform, gaining control of the border is more important than legalizing the status of illegal workers who are already in the country.
Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), along with other Immigration Reform Caucus members, requested that funds not be cut for border security programs and local law enforcement, according to a press release.
The Kansas House of Representatives sent a bill back to committee after it was amended to require state agencies and most employers that do business with the state to use E-Verify. The amendment would have required any business with a state contract worth more than $50,000 to use the workplace verification system.
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote an op-ed that was published in The Daily Iowan calling for fixes to the nation's visa system that would help make it easier for American college graduates to find jobs this spring.
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), criticizes supporters, President Obama, and his administration for their support of the DREAM Act in an op-ed published on FoxNews.com.
A statewide opinion poll of likely Alabama voters finds broad support for the state's immigration enforcement law, HB 56. The survey of 500 likely voters was conducted by Public Opinion Research and commissioned by Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR).
In an op-ed in The Washington Times Representative Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, writes that Congress needs to step up and pass mandatory E-Verify. Gallegly writes that by mandating E-Verify in passing the Legal Workforce Act, jobs would open up for millions of American workers while removing counterfeiting and fraud from the hiring process.