Construction Coalition Seeks Injunction Against E-verify Requirements

The U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the Associated Builders and Contractors, and the Society for Human Resource Management today filed court papers seeking an injunction against enforcement of the Homeland Security Department's rule requiring all federal government contractors to check the legal status of both current workers and new hires in order to be eligible to work on federal construction projects, as well as state and local projects paid for with federal money. Last week the court rejected the coalition lawsuit challenging the rule, and now the contractor associations want to prohibit enforcement of the new requirement while they appeal that ruling. Some contractors fear that they will be responsible for violations of the rule by their subcontractors and suppliers under Homeland Security interpretations.