Bill Introduced to Mandate Use of E-Verify to Ensure New Hires are American Citizens

Lawmakers in the Texas legislature are currently considering legislation that would require all employers to validate that their new hires are not illegal aliens residing in the United States.

Last month, State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R) introduced SB 1621, identical to State Rep. Steve Toth’s (R) HB 3846, which would mandate E-Verify — the online system that allows employers to ensure their new hires are American citizens or legal immigrants — for all businesses in Texas.

NumbersUSA’s  James Massa testified before the legislature’s Senate Business and Commerce Committee, calling mandatory E-Verify “the most effective and most cost-effective method that the state of Texas can implement to be able to stem the flow of illegal immigrants,” among other things. (Excerpt from Breitbart.)