RECOMMENDED STATE LEGISLATION

• Require a valid passport for all non-citizens to apply for a NC driver’s license. State law should mandate that a NC driver’s license is only available to those legally present in our state. Rescind all earlier NC drivers licenses issued to those without a valid Social Security number and have them reapply.
• Non-emergency services and government benefits should be denied to illegal immigrants as federal law will allow. Use the SAVE [Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements] Program to verify eligibility of recipients and document all benefits given to non-citizens.
• Require all contractors who apply for and/or are awarded state government contracts to verify worker eligibility by using the E-Verify System and the Social Security verification system.
• Pass a statute to prevent illegal immigrants from enrolling in NC Community Colleges and the University of North Carolina (sixteen campuses) System.
• Require all companies receiving State incentives who move to NC or expand their workforce, to verify worker eligibility by using the E-Verify System and the Social Security verification system.
  Phase in the requirement for all companies to use the federal government’s E-Verify System.
• Business deductions for NC tax purposes cannot be claimed above $600 for any worker who is not legally present in the USA.
  Require the NC Department of Labor to post information on its website to assist companies in NC in complying with legal worker verification procedures.
• Impose an excise tax of 10% on wire transfers originating in NC, when the transferor of the wire transfer is an illegal alien.

Contact NC LISTEN for info to press for passage of these bills.

For more information about how states can work to decrease illegal immigration, read this report from the Immigration Reform Law Institute.