After the Pierce County Council voted to remove E-Verify as a requirement for hiring contractors, the decision was vetoed by County Executive Bruce Dammeier, prompting a debate within the community on whether the program discriminates against legal immigrants or people of color.
E-Verify is a free online program that verifies an employee’s ability to work legally in the United States.
Dammeier stated he had never heard any complaints or concerns about the efficiency or effectiveness of E-Verify in the ten-plus years the county has used it before he received a letter last summer from Washington Perinatal.
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