E-Verify: A Case Study

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The Judicial Committee of the U.S. Senate Today's debate focused hundred amendments to the plan for immigration reform in federal program improvement "E-verify", amid uncertainty about the direction of migratory negotiations makes the House of Representatives. On his third day of debate, the Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Patrick Leahy, studied 26 amendments, of which 16 were approved. Despite moments of acrimony on some Republican amendments, the Committee has stood initial architecture reform plan presented last April 17. The discussion focused on improvements to the federal "E-Verify", which allows businesses to check the immigration status of new employees. According to the National Immigration Law Center, 7% of the companies participating in "E-Verify", which currently only…show more content…
The "Group of Eight" of the House, under Republican control, plans to meet again tonight to try to unblock the negotiations on an immigration agreement. The Senate version comes out, expected next July, will have to be harmonized with which the House eventually approved. Speaking to EFE, the Illinois Democrat Luis Gutierrez, one of eight congressional negotiating its own version of immigration reform in the House, expressed confidence that it will contain even "best elements" which is discussed in the Senate. Since we began discussing the text of the legislation, the Senate Judiciary Committee has studied nearly one hundred amendments, including some branded as "poison pills" that although they were defeated, jeopardized the reform plan. Following the discussion of almost four hours today, pro-reform activists said in a conference call that will continue to press for the final text to prevent abuse of the "E-Verify" and include strong labor
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