Fact of the Week: 9/13/07

Fact of the Week. . .
by HR Initiative
Thursday, September 13, 2007

Did you know . . .

According to an August 2007 report by the National Conference of State Legislatures:

  • As of July 2, 2007, no fewer than 1404 pieces of legislation related to immigrants and immigration had been introduced among the 50 state legislatures.
  • From January to July 2nd 2007, 170 bills became law in 41 states.
  • State legislators have introduced roughly two-and-one-half times more bills in 2007, than in 2006.  The number of enactments from 2006 (84) has more than doubled to 170 in 2007.

A growing problem …

  • The growing patchwork of uncoordinated state employment verification rules and regulations is impacting the ability of U.S. employers to maintain consistent hiring policies and is undermining the development of a coherent national policy.
  • It is simply not possible for employers – especially multi-state employers – to comply with 50 different sets of state requirements that inevitably conflict with the already complex federal employee verification process. 

 

Congress must establish clear federal statutory language preempting states from imposing disparate employment eligibility verification provisions. 

Developing an Efficient and Foolproof System to Ensure a Legal Workforce is the Key to an Effective Immigration Policy

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The Human Resource Initiative for a Legal Workforce (www.legal-workforce.org) represents human resource professionals in thousands of small and large U.S. employers representing every sector of the American economy.  The HR Initiative and its members are seeking to improve the current process of employment verification by creating a secure, efficient and reliable system that will ensure a legal workforce and help prevent unauthorized employment, a root cause of illegal immigration.