Alabama Senate Committee Approves Proposal Requiring Contractors to Verify Legal Status
By a unanimous vote, an Alabama Senate committee passed a proposal to require employers to verify 
proof of legal status for each of their employees. The verification would be through a valid Alabama driver license, a valid Alabama non-driver ID card or an Alabama-verified employee ID card for nonresidents that the Department of Public Safety would begin issuing. The latter ID card would be issued only with proof of legal work status. The Birmingham News report on the vote quoted the bill’s author as acknowledging, “…there would be a cost to begin issuing verified employee ID cards and to check citizenship status but said that wasn't a reason to reject his bill. 'That would be like saying you can't enforce the speeding law because the state trooper car is going to burn gas,' he said.”
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AND THIS WILL HELP ALABAMA'S REAL ESTATE MARKET TOO
It will also help raise "wage bases" for local government taxes too. Win/Win on a plethora of fronts.
Glad to see my home state is getting on the bandwagon. Don't worry about the cost of implementing these safeguards - the cost of keeping illegals here far outweighs any cost incurred. Our social services and natural resources will again be reserved for legal, tax-paying citizens.
Let business owners pay fair wage to Americans and we'll once again see the proud "Made in America" label, not "Hecho en Mexico," or Bangledesh or China or anywhere else except the good old USA!
