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• Make E-Verify Work
  News-Record   09/02/2008
  Last week's raid of a manufacturing plant in Mississippi put the spotlight back on illegal immigration. Netting almost 600, it's the biggest immigration raid ever made on a U.S. plant.
• Verifying Employment
  Las Vegas Review-Journal  09/02/2008
  A voluntary federal program called "E-Verify" has been a cornerstone in the Bush administration's fight against illegal immigration. Employers willing to join up would be able to run would-be employees through an instant electronic check, confirming the validity of their Social Security cards and other forms of American identification.
• Fixes May Make E-Verify More Usable for Business
  Tucson Citizen  08/06/2008
  The federal identification program at the heart of Arizona's employer sanctions law has a new life - but with badly needed checks and improvements.
• Immigration, Unreformed
  The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)  07/14/2008
  Months after Congress failed to pass a comprehensive immigration bill, the illegal immigration crisis hasn't gone away. It's just splintered into a thousand pieces many of them with sharp edges.
• NEVA to the Rescue (Op-ed)
  The Washington Times  06/22/2008
  There is no lack of opinion among members of Congress on how to address illegal immigration. The debate is as heated and divisive as any in recent years.
• Mandate Would Hurt Legal Workers Most
  Miami Herald  05/02/2008
  At first glance, the idea seems appealing: Require businesses to use E-Verify, a federal system that checks whether an employee may legally work in this country. Several bills in Congress propose just that. After all, the country has an estimated seven million unauthorized workers.
• A Foolish Immigration Purge
  The New York Times  03/27/2008
  Leave it to the Bush administration to throw thousands of law-abiding American workers and companies off a cliff in perilous economic times.
• Immigration: Pandering to Fears is Shameful
  The Clarion-Ledger  03/19/2008
  Which is worse, a politician pandering to fears just to make political hay or a politician passing a law that can't be enforced and makes criminals of law-abiding businesses just to make political hay?
• Election-Year Rush Job Would Be Big Blunder
  The Indianapolis Star  03/05/2008
  Our position: Lawmakers need to address constitutional issues with illegal immigration bill.
• Our View: Immigration Shouldn't Be Divisive
  The Free Press (Mankato, MN)  01/17/2008
  The most recent proposals advanced by Gov. Tim Pawlenty to crack down on illegal immigration include some that make sense, others that are predictably contentious and still others, which require approval from the Legislature, that are dead on arrival.
• Fighting Illegal Immigration State by State
  The Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO)  01/17/2008
  Citizens are angry about the inability of the federal government to deal with illegal immigration, and state politicians are hearing about it, prompting them to "do something" closer to home.
• Employer Sanctions Bad Business
  The Payson Roundup (Payson, AZ)  01/01/2008
  The employer sanctions law -- scheduled to begin today, Jan 1, 2008 -- is bad business.