Here they go again. Our state lawmakers are considering broadening E-Verify, the federal system used to check a person’s ...

PInellas County Republican Rep. Berny Jacques in Tampa on Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Don Kruse for the Florida Phoenix) A bill forcing all Florida employers to use a federal verification tool to ...

For the second year in a row, the Florida House has greenlit a measure requiring all businesses to use a federal verification tool to determine whether new hires can legally work in the country. HB ...

A Florida Republican on Thursday re-filed a bill from last year requiring all private employers to use a federal database verifying whether new hires are legally in the country. Rep. Berny Jacques, a ...

A bill in the House that makes all businesses submit employee records through the verification process has gotten through several committee stops.

Florida lawmakers have advanced a plan to increase E-Verify by private employers in the state, and Gov. Ron DeSantis leads the charge to look into AI use by insurance companies. Florida lawmakers are ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Representative Berny Jacques introduced HB 197, which aims to change which businesses are required to use the E-Verify system to prove eligibility for employment, as an effort to ...

Bill sponsor Rep. Berny Jacques, R-Seminole, said he views it as a way to enforce laws banning employers from hiring workers who don't have proper documentation. A Florida House proposal would require ...

During his 2010 campaign for governor, Republican Rick Scott stated on his website under the border security section that he would "require all Florida employers to use the free E-Verify system to ...