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As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 2885) (pdf), which would require that employers use E-Verify to authenticate individuals’ legal work status, has produced one of the more unusual opposition coalitions, given the current political climate: conservative, tea-party, libertarian and liberal groups all oppose the measure. The groups have voiced their opposition in letters to lawmakers, and one group took an ad out on Politico, a multimedia news outlet covering politics. Continue reading this entry at Littler's Global Immigration Counsel.