Requires employers to use E-Verify to check employee eligibility before submitting workers' compensation claims and expands penalties (including license revocation and large fines) for knowingly hiring unauthorized aliens, so more state-level immigration enforcement via employment verification and E
requiring an employer to verify an employee’s employment eligibility before submitting a workers’ compensation claim
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Prohibits issuing licenses or certifications to unauthorized aliens, denies certain state claims and benefits (workers' comp, down-payment assistance, homeownership programs) to unauthorized aliens, and makes employers personally liable for their injuries without shifting costs, so broader state den
The department may not issue a license or certification to any person who is an unauthorized alien as defined in s. 908.111(1).
Creates a rebuttable presumption of fault against unauthorized out-of-state drivers in motor vehicle accidents, requires notation on crash reports, bars insurers from paying claims to them, and prohibits certain IDs for financial instruments, so additional state restrictions tied to immigration
creating a rebuttable presumption of fault against unauthorized out-of-state drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands immigration enforcement by mandating E-Verify for workers' compensation eligibility, increasing penalties and license revocations for employing unauthorized aliens, denying state licenses/benefits/claims to unauthorized aliens, requiring citizenship verification for remittances, and imposing presumptions of fault and ID restrictions on unauthorized persons.
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S0488Transportation↑Expands immigration enforcement Law