Employment Eligibility Verification: Federal Legislation, Statutes, and Regulations

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Testimony Submitted to Congress on Employment Eligibility Verification

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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• E-Verify Would Cost $40 Billion, CBO Says (4/8/08)

• Stop This Worker Database Nightmare (ACLU of Southern California, 3/13/08)

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Association for Computing Machinery & USACM

• Mandatory Electronic Employment Verifications Systems: Technological Implications (USACM, 2007 issue brief)

• "USACM Members Go to the Hill: Employment Eligibility Verification Systems," ACM WASHINGTON UPDATE, Vol. 11.6 (7/3/07).

• '08 Tech Policy Outlook: Electronic Employment Verification Systems (USACM, 3/11/08).

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The Associated General Contractors of America

• AGC Urges Congress to Oppose SAVE Act (12/5/08)

• Employment Verification: Oppose Excessive Penalties and Mandates on Contractors for Immigration Verification

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The Cato Institute

• Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification: Franz Kafka’s Solution to Illegal Immigration (by Jim Harper, director of information policy studies, 3/5/08).

• The "EEV" of Destruction (by Jim Harper, director of information policy studies, 3/12/08).

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Center for Democracy and Technology

• Comments for the Record, Privacy and Civil Liberties Implications of E-Verify, Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee Public Meeting, 3/12/08, El Paso, Texas (Docket No. DHS-2008-0025).

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Electronic Privacy Information Center

• E-Verify System: DHS Changes Name but Problems Remain for U.S. Workers (July 2007).

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The Heritage Foundation

• Bait-and-Switch Immigration Enforcement (by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., 5/29/07).

• Workplace Enforcement to Combat Illegal Migration: Sensible Strategy and Practical Options (by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., 8/7/06).

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Immigration Policy Center

• ERROR! Electronic Employment Verification Systems: What Will Happen When Citizens Have to Ask the Government for Permission to Work? (4/08)

• The Social Security Administration Taking on Immigration and Employment Eligibility: Not Ready for Prime Time (3/11/08)

• Telephonic Briefing: E-Verify Employment Verification Schemes: The Impact on Native, Naturalized, and Immigrant Workers (3/25/08)

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Institute for the Study of International Migration (Georgetown Univ.)

• Worksite Solutions to Unauthorized Migration (10/07)

• Georgetown Univ. Meeting on Immigration, Technology and the Worksite: Summary Report (by Micah N. Bump, 4/07).

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National Council of La Raza

• Dangerous Business: Implications of an EEVS for Latinos and the U.S. Workforce (3/31/08)

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TechDirt Insight Community

• False Positives Would Cripple Electronic Employment Verification (by Timothy Lee, 3/10/08)

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• Electronic Employment Verification Systems (by Angelo I. Amador, Esq., and Peter A. Creticos, Ph.D., Apr. 2, 2009)