That bill would require all employers nationwide to use a federal electronic system, known as E-Verify, to confirm that new hires are legally authorized to work here.
The provision, a linchpin of the legislation, would require all employers in the country within five years to use a federal electronic system to verify the legal eligibility to work of every new hire, including American citizens.
On Tuesday, Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill that would require all employers nationwide to use a federal electronic system, known as E-Verify, to confirm the employment eligibility of new hires.
(Mr. Romney has spoken favorably of the state's immigration law, but the "model" Arizona law he talked about was the mandatory use of a federal electronic verification system to check the immigration status of new hires).
Mr. Kobach proposed the plank calling for mandatory use by employers of a federal electronic system known as E-Verify to confirm the legal immigration status of new hires.
Arizona also mandated the use by all employers of a federal electronic program for verifying the work authorization of new hires, known as E-Verify.
In another important step forward, many labor unions have joined with the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups in embracing E-Verify, a federal electronic system that uses Social Security numbers and other data to verify that newly hired workers are in the country legally.
Federal health regulators will begin tracking millions of medical devices, from pacemakers to hip replacements, using a new electronic system meant to protect patients by catching problematic implants earlier.
Sections were observed using a transmission electronic microscope (JEOL 100C).
The Legal Workforce Act would vastly expand the use of federal electronic databases to screen job applicants, an invitation to discrimination.
