Kobach push for E-Verify requirement stalls in Senate committee

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Attorney General Kris Kobach’s effort to require all Kansas employers to use a federal internet-based system to verify the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States was derailed in a Senate committee Monday morning.

The Federal and State Affairs Committee narrowly voted down the bill, even after it was narrowed in scope to apply only to government employers, although there were questions raised about whether it would apply to independent contractors.

The committee's action likely means the bill is dead for this session . . .

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