Bush Orders Crackdown on Contractors' Use of Illegal Immigrants

The White House on Monday announced an order signed by President Bush last Friday requiring federal contractors to use the Internet-based E-Verify system to reduce the use of illegal immigrants.The system allows employees to check Social Security numbers provided to employees.Similar legislation is pending in Congress. South Carolina considered but rejected a mandate for sole use of the E-verify system by employers in the state as part of an immigration reform package.Executive Order 12989 amends an executive order on immigration status signed in 1996 and replaces it as "Economy and Efficiency...