-- by Suzy Khimm, The Washington Post:

Embroiled in the ongoing immigration debate, a growing number of states and municipalities are rushing to embrace E-Verify, a federally created system that determines whether potential employees are legally permitted to work in the U.S. About 13 states, along with a dozen or so municipalities, have made the system mandatory for some or most businesses. Now even more states are trying to climb on board with the system, which verifies new hires with databases from the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security.

New Jersey is considering legislation that would make E-Verify mandatory for all businesses that employ more than 100 workers, and Pennsylvania is debating bills that would require all state contractors and subcontractors, and all construction companies to use the system. Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court agreed to review a case contesting a sweeping 2007 Arizona law that requires all businesses to use E-Verify and imposes sanctions on companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants, even going as far as revoking their business licenses

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