Indiana Senate Committee to Vote on E-Verify
The Indiana Senate's Committee on Pensions and Labor will vote Wednesday on SB 213 that would require state agencies and local governments to use E-Verify to check the worker eligibility of all new hires.
The bill would also require public contractors to certify that all workers are legal workers, would require the use of E-Verify for unemployment applicants and would prohibit sanctuary policies that protect illegal aliens.
If passed, the bill would ensure that new jobs assist that state's unemployed that reached 9.6% in November 2009. It would also save taxpayers money by guaranteeing that unemployment benefits are not paid to illegal aliens.
Indiana State Senator Mike Delph is the bill's sponsor. View a map of states that also require the mandatory use of E-Verify.