ATLANTA AP – With the arrival of the new year, a key section of Georgia’s new law targeting illegal immigration will begin to take effect.
Starting Jan. 1, any employer with 500 or more employees will have to use a federal database called E-Verify to check the employment eligibility of all new hires. Rep. Matt Ramsey, R-Peachtree City, author of the law, said from the start that his main goal was to deter illegal immigrants from coming to Georgia by making it tougher for them to work in the state.
