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Committee hears competing testimony on bill to require statewide use of E‑Verify
Summary
Representative Saborin DeChuanier introduced HB 69 to require employers to use USCIS E‑Verify. Supporters called it pro‑worker; opponents and business groups warned about false positives, cost and misuse. The Department of Labor suggested technical clarifications about recordkeeping.
House Bill 69, which would require New Hampshire employers to use the federal E‑Verify system to confirm work authorization, drew mixed testimony at a Labor Committee hearing.
Representative Saborin DeChuanier introduced the bill as a pro‑worker measure meant to formalize use of the free federal E‑Verify system. "This is a pro worker bill," he said during the introduction.
Opponents, including Christine Wellington (testifying as an individual and on behalf of the New Hampshire Immigrants Rights Network) told the committee that…
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