States do fed's jobs on immigration

What most states are turning to is E-Verify – the electronic verification system designed to ensure that people working here are legally entitled to. Gerri Ratliff, who is in charge of the E-Verify program for the homeland security department, reported that only 15 states haven't had some piece of legislation introduced or passed on this program.

Checking citizenship made mandatory
President Bush's executive order directs federal contractors to finally do what federal agencies already do -- use the E-Verify Internet system to confirm a worker's legal status within seconds.

Millions of contract employees to be vetted for legal employment status
Federal contractors will be required to vet nearly 4 million current and future employees through an online government database to verify their legal working status, under a proposed rule published last week in the Federal Register.

Agents arrest five supervisors at poultry plant
Federal agents have arrested five supervisors at a Greenville poultry plant as part of an investigation into alleged immigration violations, authorities said Wednesday.

Sun Valley labor problem focuses on work authorization challenges
As the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is making its presence felt at more than Sun Valley Floral Farms.