On 2/28/2008, Representative Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced an enforcement bill entitled the “New Employee Verification Act of 2008” (H.R. 5515). This bill, if passed, would create a mandatory electronic employment verification system (EEVS) that would require all employers in the U.S. to query a federal government database to check the work authorization status of newly-hired employees- U.S. citizens and immigrants alike.

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