South Dakota House backs E-Verify use by all employers to check citizenship, immigration status

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 443

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago


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The South Dakota House of Representatives voted 49-13 on Thursday to require the use of E-Verify by employers in the state to check employees’ eligibility to work in the United States.

E-Verify is a free federal government website that compares records from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Social Security Administration to the information on an employee’s I-9, which is an employment verification document that must be filed by employers for …

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