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 Post subject: Support Sen. Grassley's S.3093 to improve E-verify
PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:12 pm 
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Please support S. 3093 with your calls and emails to Congress.

Reach any US Senator or Representative at these toll free numbers:
1-866-220-0044
1-866-340-9281
1-877-762-8762

One weakness of E-Verify has been that it only verifies the legal status of NEW HIRES. This bill keeps it short and sweet and gives employers the option to verify ALL their employees, even those currently on the payroll.
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http://grassley.senate.gov/public/index ... a578ae2cb3

For Immediate Release
June 5th, 2008

GRASSLEY WORKS TO GIVE EMPLOYERS BETTER TOOL TO VERIFY WORK ELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEES

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation to reauthorize the E-Verify program, formerly the Basic Pilot program, a web-based tool that allows employers to verify the work eligibility of new employees. Grassley’s legislation also makes several needed improvements to the program, including additional information sharing between agencies within the Department of Homeland Security.

“Nobody could have imagined the sophistication of the documents that illegal aliens use to work in the United States, which has made the E-verify program an even more important and useful tool for employers,” Grassley said. “With a comprehensive immigration bill highly unlikely this year, we need to enhance the tools that are already on the books and make sure they remain available for employers who want to do their part to comply with the law.”

Grassley introduced amendments to the 2006 and 2007 comprehensive immigration bills that would have changed the verification and appeal procedures, and would have improved the ability of the federal government to go after employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens.

The basic pilot program was first authorized in 1996 allowing only five states to participate. The program was reauthorized in 2001 and then expanded in 2003. The last expansion allowed employers in all 50 states the opportunity to voluntarily use the program. The current E-verify program is set to expire in November. Currently more than 61,000 employers use the program. Grassley said he expects that number to grow.

Here are the provisions of the legislation.

Makes permanent the E-verify program.

Requires all contractors of the federal government to use the E-verify program.

Gives employers the option to verify the status of all employees, not just new hires. Also allows the Department of Homeland Security to require companies to use the E-verify program if a pattern of illegal hiring is found.

Requires Citizenship and Immigration Services to provide a monthly report to Immigration and Customs Enforcement listing the non-authorized checks that should be investigated.

Requires Citizenship and Immigration Services to create a pilot project that will provide opportunities to use the E-verify program to small businesses and other rural areas without internet access.

Requires employers to re-verify employees who are in the United States on temporary status.

Changes the name of the program from the Basic Pilot program to the E-verify program.





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From Thomas’ website:
Electronic Employment Verification Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Introduced in Senate)
S 3093 IS
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3093
To extend and improve the effectiveness of the employment eligibility confirmation program.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 5, 2008
Mr. GRASSLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To extend and improve the effectiveness of the employment eligibility confirmation program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Electronic Employment Verification Reauthorization Act of 2008'.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY CONFIRMATION PILOT PROGRAMS.
Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by striking `Unless the Congress otherwise provides, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall terminate a pilot program at the end of the 11-year period beginning on the first day the pilot program is in effect.'.
SEC. 3. REDESIGNATION OF BASIC PILOT PROGRAM.
Sections 401(c)(1), 403(a), 403(b)(1), 403(c)(1), and 405(b)(2) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104-208) are amended by striking `basic pilot program' each place that term appears and inserting `E-Verify Program'.
SEC. 4. REQUIRED PARTICIPATION BY UNITED STATES CONTRACTORS.
Section 402(e) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
`(2) UNITED STATES CONTRACTORS- Any person, employer, or other entity that enters into a contract with the Federal Government shall participate in the E-Verify Program and shall comply with the terms and conditions of such election.'.
SEC. 5. CHECKING THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF EMPLOYEES.
Section 403(a)(3)(A) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended--
(1) by striking `The person' and inserting the following:
`(i) UPON HIRING- The person'; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
`(ii) EXISTING EMPLOYEES- An employer that elects to verify the employment eligibility of existing employees shall verify the employment eligibility of all such employees not later than 10 days after notifying the Secretary of Homeland Security of such election.
`(iii) REQUIRED PARTICIPATION- The Secretary of Homeland Security may require any employer or class of employers to participate in the E-Verify Program with respect to individuals employed as of, or hired after, the date of the enactment of the Electronic Employment Verification Reauthorization Act of 2008 if the Secretary has reasonable cause to believe that the employer has engaged in material violations of section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a).'.
SEC. 6. REVERIFICATION.
Section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(5) REVERIFICATION- Each employer participating in the E-Verify Program shall use the confirmation system to reverify the work authorization of any individual not later than 3 days after the date on which such individual's employment authorization is scheduled to expire, as indicated by the documents that the individual provided to the employer pursuant to section 274A(b), in accordance with the procedures otherwise applicable to the verification of a newly hired employee under this subsection.'.
SEC. 7. SMALL BUSINESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Section 403 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
`(d) Small Business Demonstration Program- The Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall establish, in a rural setting or in an area with fewer than 10,000 residents, a demonstration program that assists small businesses in verifying the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees.'.
SEC. 8. INTERAGENCY NONCONFIRMATION REPORT.
Section 405 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208; 8 U.S.C. 1324a note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(c) Interagency Nonconfirmation Report- The Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall submit a monthly report to the Assistant Secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that includes, for each person who receives final nonconfirmation through the E-Verify Program--
`(1) the name of such person;
`(2) his or her Social Security number or alien file number;
`(3) the name and contact information for his or her current employer; and
`(4) any other critical information that the Assistant Secretary determines to be appropriate.
`(d) Use of Monthly Report- The Secretary of Homeland Security may use information provided under subsection (c) to enforce compliance of the immigration laws of the United States.'.


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