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Representatives Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and Sam Johnson (R-TX) have introduced a bill that would establish a mandatory electronic verification system to take the place of E-Verify. As reported at Workforce.com, Giffords and Johnson hope their bill, the New Employee Verification Act of 2009 (H.R. 2028), will either be the foundation for employment verification in a broader immigration bill or move through Congress on its own. Continue reading at Littler's Global Immigration Counsel blog.