SB 374 would require all state agencies to use E-Verify system
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Texas taxpayers should be confident that their hard-earned tax dollars are being directed to legitimate purposes and not spent
hiring immigrants who are ineligible to work in this country legally. SB 374 will go a long way to ensuring just that
said State Sen. Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown) as he filed SB 374 which would require all of Texas state agencies
to utilize the federal E-Verify system to determine the legal work status of their employees.
SB 374 is the Senate companion to HB 183 filed in the Texas House of Representatives by State Representative Tony Dale (R-Cedar Park).
If we ever hope to make any real progress in solving our nations illegal immigration problem we must first address the jobs benefits and other factors that entice immigrants to enter our country illegally in the first place said Schwertner.
E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employees Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) with data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration in order to confirm employment eligibility.
In November 2014 Dr. Charles Schwertner was overwhelmingly reelected to serve the citizens of Senate District 5 a ten-county region of central and east Texas.
Following the 83rd Legislative Session Senator Schwertner was named a Courageous Conservative" by the Texas Conservative Coalition a Lone Star Conservative Leader" by the Texas Conservative Roundtable and Senate Freshman of the Year" by Texas Monthly magazine.
