American Worker Employment Verification and Wage Protection Act

Status: HopperSession: September 2026 Senate SessionIssue: Immigration

Summary

This bill would require employers nationwide to use E-Verify for new hires on a phased timeline, raise penalties for knowingly employing unauthorized workers, and boost funding for worksite enforcement and compliance help. It also gives safe-harbor protections to employers that make good-faith efforts to comply, framing the policy as a way to protect wages and job security for American workers.

Full text

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require all employers nationwide to use the E-Verify program for new hires within a phased implementation period, increase civil and criminal penalties for employers that knowingly hire or continue to employ unauthorized workers, authorize additional funding for worksite enforcement and compliance assistance, and establish safe-harbor protections for employers acting in good-faith compliance, in order to protect wages, strengthen job security, and deter unfair labor practices that undercut American workers, including those in the manufacturing sector.

Sponsor

Brayden MorseRepublican Party

Cosponsors

None yet

Debate

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