House and Senate Reach Agreement on Immigration Reform

One of the major issues that confronted legislators this session has been illegal immigration reform; work on that legislation was completed this week when both the House and Senate signed off on amendments to H.4400 (Harrell). H.4400 has been ratified and sent to the Governor for his signature. As amended the bill includes the E-verify provision and violations for willingly and knowingly employing illegals, for employers.