April 4, 2025, 5:05 AM EDT
States to Join Immigrant Worker Crackdown With E-Verify Bills
Chris Marr
State legislation across the country to mandate that businesses use E-Verify threatens to intensify scrutiny on employers’ immigrant hiring, while making it tougher for some industries to find enough workers.
Lawmakers have considered bills this year in more than a dozen states from Florida to Oregon that would require companies to use the federal system to confirm job candidates are authorized to work in the US. Some bills propose new mandates while others expand existing requirements and increase noncompliance penalties.
Florida’s Republican-majority legislature is considering several versions of a bill to expand its E-Verify mandate, adding to a broader immigration enforcement law enacted in February that immigrant rights advocates have challenged as unconstitutional. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said in March that teenage workers could replace immigrant labor, as the state also considers relaxing limits on minors’ work hours.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/states-to-join-immigrant-worker-crackdown-with-e-verify-bills
