SALT LAKE CITY -- Employers in Utah could be among the first in the country to face criminal charges for failing to verify their workers' immigration status, under a bill passed Friday by a legislative committee that now moves to the full Senate.
Several states require businesses to use the federal E-Verify program, but generally only under threat of financial penalties.
In Mississippi, employers who hire illegal immigrants can lose their business license, but illegal immigrants found working there are eligible for a one-year prison sentence. (February 26, 2010)
Posted by: Uriel Lopez
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