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Tancredo proposes law that would require immigration-status checks of new hires, The Denver Post

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo wants every Colorado business to verify that new hires are U.S. citizens, a proposal that prompted cries of racism from critics.

Tancredo filed a ballot proposal Friday that would force the 2011 Colorado legislature to pass a law requiring businesses to use a federal program to check the immigration status of all newly hired workers.

The proposal is aimed for the 2010 ballot.

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