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DHS Eases Final Rule on Federal Contractors

By immigrationprof

The U.S. Departmnt of Homeland Security will significantly scale back its planned crackdown on federal contractors that hire undocumented immigrants.  Under a final rule issued on Friday, the agency said only contractors that do more than $100,000 in federal work will be required to use an electronic government system to check the work documents of new hires. Originally, officials had proposed that companies doing $3,000 in federal work must comply. The agency also said it would require federal contractors to check only laborers used on specific contracts, instead of their entire workforce.

KJ