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Legal Workforce Act requires employers to use E-Verify system for all new hires

Original title: Legal Workforce Act

January 9, 2025

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Where This Stands

Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Passed
Signed

Currently in_committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Last action
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Jan 9, 2025
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Version history

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The Frame

What this does

This change would impose new administrative compliance requirements on every employer in the country and establish a federal standard for verifying the legal work status of all new employees.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

U.S. employers

Employers would be required to utilize the federal E-Verify system to confirm the work eligibility of every new hire.

New employees

New hires would be subject to mandatory electronic verification of their employment eligibility.

What changed

Current stage: in_committee.

What's next

Floor Vote.

Summary

The Legal Workforce Act mandates that all U.S. employers use the federal system to confirm the employment eligibility of all new hires. This bill aims to transition the current voluntary electronic verification process into a compulsory requirement for the entire national workforce.

Key Facts

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Why It Matters

This change would impose new administrative compliance requirements on every employer in the country and establish a federal standard for verifying the legal work status of all new employees.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is E-Verify?
is an internet-based system that allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States by comparing information from an employee's against records available to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration.
Does this bill apply to current employees?
The bill specifically targets the verification process for new hires.

News Coverage

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Lobbying Activity

AARP

$4,110,000

2026

HEALTH ISSUESMEDICARE/MEDICAIDLAW ENFORCEMENT/CRIME/CRIMINAL JUSTICEPHARMACY

P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift100% confidence

Transition to Mandatory Verification

The bill represents a shift from the current voluntary E-Verify participation model to a universal federal mandate.

Connected Entities

organizationCommittee on Veterans' AffairsThe House committee to which the bill was referred.Map →
locationVallejo, CaliforniaThe city where the VA clinic is located.Map →
personDelphine Metcalf-FosterThe individual for whom the clinic is being named.Map →
organizationCommittee on Ways and MeansSecondary committee assigned to review the bill.Map →
organizationCommittee on Education and WorkforceSecondary committee assigned to review the bill.Map →
organizationCommittee on the JudiciaryPrimary committee assigned to review the bill.Map →
personJohn GaramendiU.S. Representative who introduced the bill.Map →
personMike ThompsonU.S. Representative who co-sponsored the bill.Map →

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  • Controversy80
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  • Entertainment10
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  • Buzz40
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