The bill is not without problems, such as the provision that mandates that all employers, public and private, use the federal E-Verify system, which checks workers' immigration status.
The proposed bill would also require employers to adopt the E-Verify system, an electronic program that is now voluntary, in order to determine the legal employment status of current and prospective employees.
Jenks had the mic first and made the case against a pathway to citizenship and for a comprehensive e-Verify system (which would require employers to check the immigration status of their employees).