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« Senate OKs 24-hour gambling on weekends, holidays | Today | Update: Central Falls orders curfew for those under 18 » April 29, 2008House passes bill requiring employers to use E-VerifyPROVIDENCE -- The House today approved legislation that would require employers to use a program that checks whether a prospective new hire is in the country legally or can work here legally. The House voted 53 to 17 for the bill sponsored by Rep. Jon D. Brien, D-Woonsocket, in what a news release called an initiative to deter illegal immigration. All Rhode Island companies would have to use the Federal Basic Employment Verification Pilot Program -- known as “E-Verify” and “Basic Pilot." According to a news release, about 115 employers in the state already voluntarily use the program in which employers use the Internet to submit to the federal government information they are already must collect from new hires to see -- usually within seconds -- if the person is allowed to work in the United States. Employers enter a person's name, birth date and Social Security number or immigration documentation into a form and submit it using the Internet to the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration. Companies with 200 or more employees would have to apply to participate in E-Verify by July 1, 2009. Those with 50 to 199 employees would have to apply by Jan. 1, 2009, and those with fewer than 50 would have until Jan. 1, 2010. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney “Instituting E-Verify would send a message to people who are in this country illegally that Rhode Island is not the place for them," Brien said in the statement. "Knowing they won’t be able to work because every employer is going to check their status will make people who are here illegally go somewhere else, relieving our state of the burden that illegal aliens place on our state budget in terms of education, health care, incarceration, and social services." Matching legislation is pending in the Senate. Legislation passed in the House last year but not in the Senate. The use of the E-Verify system is also part of a recent executive order by Governor Carcieri that aims at dealing with several issues tied to illegal immigration. His order, however, only requires state agencies and vendors to use E-Verify. Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsDan | April 29, 2008 7:00 PM link Thank you for passing this bill. The only reason for companies to hire ILLEGAL aliens, is to make a bigger profit by underpaying and over working those illegals. Denise DeCesare | April 29, 2008 10:27 PM link i watched the bills passage last night. i was amazed at one rep who said this bill would hurt people from getting jobs because the fed. gov. was to slow processing people. dose she think that these people with no rights in the u.s. should jump to the the head of the line? let them go back to where and wait there turn. bob ingrson | April 30, 2008 7:43 AM link Now make it so companies in the state have to go back and check their EXISTING employees to be sure they haven't 'grandfathered' any illegal aliens in. Greg | April 30, 2008 7:43 AM link It's about time that our elected officials listened to what the majority of RI's citizens wanted and not the foreign language shouting special interest protesters. Now, if the senators just follow suit we are on our way to doing what is right and upholding the laws of our nation. Jo | April 30, 2008 9:55 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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