H.R.6782: To create an electronic employment eligibility verification system to ensure that all workers in the United States are legally able to work, and for other purposes.

To create an electronic employment eligibility verification system to ensure that all workers in the United States are legally able to work, and for other purposes. 8/1/2008--Introduced. Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2008 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a toll-free telephone- or electronic media-based employment eligibility verification system. Requires such system to: (1) provide verification or tentative non-verification of an individual's identity and employment eligibility within three days of an inquiry; and (2) provide, in the case of tentative non-verification, a secondary process for final verification or non-verification within 10 days. Provides that: (1) the Commissioner of Social Security shall develop a process for comparing names and social security numbers against appropriate databases in response to employer inquiries;[...]

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