E-Verify lives — for now
October 6, 2008 by Sam Narisi
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Filed under: Applicant background screening, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Security and law
The president just signed a law giving the federal government’s E-Verify program a brief extension.
The initiative was set to expire in November, unless Congress approved an extension. E-Verify’s supporters called for ten more years; the House of Representatives recently passed a bill giving it five.
The Senate has yet to vote on a plan for the long term, but a law has been passed to keep things going at least until March of ’09 so the issue can be settled without interruption.
We’ll keep you posted on E-Verify’s long-term fate.
