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March 28, 2008
 
 

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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