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Important Recent Local Legislation

Arizona: (3/07) Payson, Arizona, passed a new ordinance that says that businesses who knowingly hire illegal workers will lose their business license and will have to pay a fee to reinstate it. Any employer who wants to apply for or renew a business license must state sign an affidavit stating that it its workers are legal. The ordinance will go into effect on July 1, 2007; however, businesses that apply for a license or apply to renew a license must sign such an affidavit now.

California: (7/06) Town of Apple Valley resolution requires all holders of town business licenses to comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 which prohibits the hiring of illegal workers. Inserts a checkbox statement for all business license applicants agreeing to abide by the1986 act. Possible Revocation of business license for violators of the agreement. The city of Mission Viejo (3/07) passed an ordinance that requires that the city and any contractors that do business with the city verify that any new (potential) employees are legally eligible to work by participating in the federal government’s Basic Pilot Program.  In this program, employee social security numbers are submitted to the government which checks to ensure that names and numbers match.   The ordinance will go into effect in July.

Georgia: (12/5/06) Cherokee County adopted  a resolution   which mandates Basic Pilot participation for county  employees, as well as contractors that do business with the county. Contractors applying for contracts with Cherokee County must provide documentation of participation in the Basic Pilot program.

Missouri: (7/17/06) City of Valley Park passed ordinance which denies city contracts to businesses that hire illegal workers. Temporary ban in effect for enforcing the ordinance until suit against the city is resolved.

New York: (9/17/06) Suffolk County law requiring businesses that do business with the county to certify in sworn affidavit that their workers are legally eligible to work in the U.S.

Oklahoma: (10/06) Town of Inola passed ordinance making it illegal to hire undocumented workers, and requiring all employers within city limits to participate in the Basic Pilot program as a condition for contracting work from the city. Fines and loss of city contracts intended towards violators.Oologah (10/06) Resolution fines employers of illegal workers. Has no enforcement procedure. Tulsa (9/06) Resolution passed condemning the hiring of illegal workers. Has no enforcement procedure.

Pennsylvania: City of Hazelton's Illegal Immigration Relief Act (7/12/06) denies business licenses to companies that employ illegal workers. (10/31/06) City of Bridgeport approves Illegal Immigration Relief Act, prohibiting illegal employment, allowing for revocation of business licenses for employers that hire illegal workers. Altoona (9/06) City passes "City of Altoona Undocumented Alien Control Act". Applicants for business licenses must affirm that they do not hire illegal workers. Revocation of license and fines for violators.Mahanoy City, (8/06) Illegal Immigration Relief Act subjects employers that knowingly hire illegal workers to fines.

South Carolina: (12/27/06) County of Beaufort passed Illegal Immigration Relief Ordinance. Relief Ordinance which would fine businesses that hire illegal workers and mandate Basic Pilot participation for city contractors and their subcontractors. Pickens County (10/2/06) County adopts ordinance stating that it will not do business with employers that hire illegal workers. Dorchester County (1/22/07) Passes anti-illegal alien control ordinance  requiring county contractors to sign an affidavit, on a form designated by the County, attesting to the fact that they do not hire illegal workers. The county will be able to audit the records of local businesses to ensure compliance.  Failure to comply could result in revocation of license.