Legal Workforce Act – Employment Eligibility Verification
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-10-14 — Removal of Automatic Extensions for Certain Employment Authorization Documents: cross-connection with ead-automatic-extension-removal: Employers using E-Verify/I-9 reverification will see more workers fall out of status during renewal processing. (novelty: 4)
- 2025-01-09 — Legal Workforce Act: Bill as introduced would replace E-Verify with a mandatory DHS electronic employment-eligibility confirmation system for all employers, phase in participation by employer size and sector, raise civil penalties for unauthorized hiring, and preempt conflicting state verification laws. (novelty: 3)