Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires employers use the E-Verify system for employee hiring in the state of Iowa.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer from knowingly employing an unauthorized non U.S. citizen (Sec. 2). 

• Requires any court attorney, local law enforcement officer, or member of the public to file a complaint of violation if there is evidence that an employer has knowingly employed an unauthorized non U.S. citizen (Sec. 2). 

• Establishes that any violation of the aforementioned will result in the court (Sec. 2): 

• Terminating the employment of an unauthorized non U.S. citizen; 

• Subjecting the employer to a three year probationary period; 

• Requiring the employer to file quarterly reports with the department for each new employee; and

• Ordering the appropriated agencies to suspend all licenses that are held by employers if they fail to file affidavits with the department. 

• Authorizes the court to consider the following factors when suspending the employers license (Sec. 2): 

• The number of unauthorized U.S. citizens employed by employer; 

• Prior misconduct by employer;

• Degree of harm from violation;

• Duration of the violation; or

• Role that the employer played in the violations. 

• Requires the district court to consider the federal government’s determination of the immigration status of the employee (Sec. 2). 

• Authorizes the secretary of state to maintain copies of court orders (Sec. 2). 

• Requires any employer after hiring or rehiring an employee to verify the employment of the employee through an e-verify program (Sec. 3).

• Requires the secretary of state to request from the United States homeland security a list of employers from the state that are registered with e-verify programs, every three months (Sec. 3).

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