To prevent illegal aliens from being hired in California, State Senator Tom Harman (R-Santa Ana, 916-651-4035) has introduced a bill to require all employers (including the state government) to use the free online federal system for verifying the eligibility for work in the United States.

      Senate Bill 189 takes advantage of the existing, free, online system that is operated by the Departments of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration called “Basic Pilot Program.”  Complete background on this system is at https://www.vis-dhs.com/EmployerRegistration.

      In order to protect the state government from persons who have no allegiance to the state, this measure would serve as an example for all employers to obey the law on illegal aliens. There are 335,000 state employees including 120,000 at state universities. 

      The number of illegal aliens in California is estimated at 2 million or more.  The availability of counterfeit identity cards makes a double-check system even more important for all industries.     

“No Illegal Aliens as Employees” Bill

BILL NUMBER: SB 189	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2007

   An act to add Section 19816.13 to the Government Code, and to add
Section 2811 to the Labor Code, relating to employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 189, as introduced, Harman. Employment: hiring practices:
immigration status.
   The federal Basic Pilot Program, administered by the United States
Department of Homeland Security, allows public and private employers
to access government databases to verify that the employees they
hire are authorized to work in the United States.
   The Department of Personnel Administration is required to
administer the nonmerit aspects of the state's personnel system.
   This bill would require the Department of Personnel Administration
to verify the legal status or authorization to work in the United
States of every employee of the state and agencies that contract with
the state prior to the hiring of that employee in accordance with
the Basic Pilot Program, as specified.
   This bill would also require an employer to verify the legal
status or authorization to work in the United States of every
employee of that employer and other employers that contract with that
employer prior to the hiring of that employee in accordance with the
Basic Pilot Program, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 19816.13 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   19816.13.  (a) The department shall verify the legal status or
authorization to work in the United States of every employee of the
state and agencies that contract with the state prior to the hiring
of that employee in accordance with the Basic Pilot Program.
   (b) As used in this section, "Basic Pilot Program" means the
electronic verification of work authorization program of the federal
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101 et seq.), which is operated by the United States
Department of Homeland Security.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2811 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   2811.  (a) An employer shall verify the legal status or
authorization to work in the United States of every employee of that
employer and other employers that contract with that employer prior
to the hiring of that employee in accordance with the Basic Pilot
Program.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "Basic Pilot Program" means the
electronic verification of work authorization program of the federal
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101 et seq.), which is operated by the United States
Department of Homeland Security.