Senate Passes Nation’s Strongest Illegal Immigration Reform Bill

Senate Passes Nation’s Strongest Illegal Immigration Reform Bill Ritchie Revives Immigration Reform

Columbia, SC - Senator Jim Ritchie (R-Spartanburg) and the South Carolina Senate passed the “toughest illegal immigration reform bill in the nation.” The bill passed is a tight net of enforceable provisions that will capture willful violators. The bill contains the most stringent fines in the nation, which are designed to drive illegal aliens out of South Carolina.

The bill creates the South Carolina Verify method, a state verification system with aggressive enforcement provisions that will be monitored and checked by South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulations. As opposed to federal E-Verify, SC Verify gives the state the authority to enforce citizenship requirements and scrutinize the legal status of all South Carolina workers. The new state verification system is the first of its kind in the nation.

“This bill establishes the most aggressive illegal immigration reform law in the nation,” says Senator Ritchie. “It provides for E-Verify along with S.C. Verify, which enables state government to investigate and penalize businesses that hire illegal aliens and does not allow employers to hide behind the federal I-9.”

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Senate Passes Nation’s Strongest Illegal Immigration Reform Bill
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