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Representative Calvert Amendment to Stimulus Bill Reathorizes E-Verify for Four years

Press Release

Date: Jan. 22, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending Immigration


Representative Calvert Amendment to Stimulus Bill Reathorizes E-Verify for Four years

Last night Rep. Calvert (R-CA), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, offered an amendment to the economic stimulus bill that would reauthorize E-Verify for four years. The amendment was accepted by the Appropriations Committee without objection.

"If the stimulus package creates millions of jobs, which the Majority party is claiming, I want to be absolutely sure that those jobs are going to American workers or legal residents, not illegal aliens," said Rep. Calvert. "While I am opposed to the stimulus package as a whole, I felt it was necessary to improve the legislation in the limited ways allowed by the Majority Party. Extending the authorization for E-Verify ensures that employers will continue to have the only tool available to them to check the work authorization status of new employees."


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