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04-12-2011, 11:42 AM
(Reuters) - The Georgia Senate passed an Arizona-style immigration bill late Monday after removing one of the measure's toughest components.
The legislation would give police authority to question suspects about their immigration status.
But state senators stripped out a requirement for many private employers to check the immigration status of newly-hired employees on a federal database called E-Verify.
The E-Verify requirement is the "guts" of the state House of Representatives bill, said Phil Kent, spokesman for the Virginia-based nonprofit Americans for Immigration Control.
Kent predicted that the Georgia House will restore that requirement, and a final bill will clear the legislature later this week.
"We think the prospects are good," he said on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/12/us-immigration-georgia-idUSTRE73B3YD20110412
The legislation would give police authority to question suspects about their immigration status.
But state senators stripped out a requirement for many private employers to check the immigration status of newly-hired employees on a federal database called E-Verify.
The E-Verify requirement is the "guts" of the state House of Representatives bill, said Phil Kent, spokesman for the Virginia-based nonprofit Americans for Immigration Control.
Kent predicted that the Georgia House will restore that requirement, and a final bill will clear the legislature later this week.
"We think the prospects are good," he said on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/12/us-immigration-georgia-idUSTRE73B3YD20110412