SB539 Summary

• Makes it unlawful for business entities and public employers in Alabama to knowingly hire or recruit for a fee any unauthorized alien.

• Requires the Department of Industrial Relations to use E-Verify to verify employment eligibility of every employee working for a business entity or public employer in the state.

• Mandates the Department report to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) upon discovering a business entity or public employer has hired an unauthorized alien.

• Establishes penalty structure: first violation results in a warning with 60-day compliance period; second violation results in business license suspension until compliance; third or subsequent violations result in one-year business license revocation.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.