By Texas lawmakers continue to make strides against illegal immigration, but one bill remains out of reach.
A push to require all employers to use the E-Verify system failed again this session, despite strong support from conservative activists.
Selene Rodriguez with the Texas Public Policy Foundation argues that requiring a check of a worker’s immigration status would turn off a magnet that’s drawing people here illegally.
A Pew Research study found that a little more than eight-percent of the state’s workforce are illegal immigrants.
