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Businesses in the southern California city of Lancaster will be required to use E-Verify to confirm new hires’ eligibility to legally work in the United States, according to the Los Angeles Times. Companies that fail to comply with the requirement could face revocation of their business license. At least 11,000 California business are already enrolled in the E-Verify program, which processed over 8.5 million queries in fiscal year 2009.