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FAR E-Verify Rule Delayed

By immigrationprof

Jeanne Butterfield, Executive Director of the American Immigration Lawyers has told its members that the January 15, 2009 effective date for the FAR E-Verify Rule for Federal Contractors and subcontractors has been delayed.

We will watch the Federal Register and apprise you when the details are made public. The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council would need to publish a notice in the Federal Register that the regulation which amended the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require government contractors and subcontractors to join E-Verify, would be delayed in its implementation. 

On December 23, 2008, the United States Chamber of Commerce and other plaintiffs filed a complaint in the District Court in Maryland seeking declaratory and injunctive orders that the FAR E-Verify Final Rule and the Executive Order upon which it was based exceeded the authority of the executive branch to change key provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The complaint sought expedited judicial relief in light of the FAR E-Verify Final Rule’s January 15, 2009 published effective date.

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