The article of professional licenses for immigrants provides information about the current policies of licensure for immigrants include unauthorized immigrants. It is stated that in recent years, states have acted to reduce barriers for immigrants to obtain professional licenses through legislation (Jauregui, Morse & Leung, 2016). Each state has slightly different laws in regards to professional licenses. Ten states in the U.S. …show more content…
The states that offer in-states tuition benefits: some are by state legislative action and some are by state university systems (Mendoza & Shaikh, 2014). I am glad to learn that some states have policies (laws) to allow in-state tuition benefits to unauthorized immigrant students because the benefits will definitely help these students by taking off some of their financial burdens. It is unfortunate to learn that Arizona is one of the states that bars unauthorized immigrant students from in-state tuition benefits. Arizona has a bill Prop 300, which indicates that a person who is not a citizen or legal resident of the United States or who is without lawful immigration status is not entitled to classification as an in-state student or entitled to classification as a county resident (Mendoza & Shaikh, …show more content…
It is a voluntary Internet-based program to help employers verify the work authorization of all new hires (Mendoza & Ostrander, 2014). (Mendoza & Ostrander, 2014). This program is administered by the United States Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration (Mendoza & Ostrander, 2014). Currently, 22 states are required to use E-Verify for at least some public and/or private employers, nine states require E-Verify for all employees, 11 states require E-Verify for most public employers, and two states require E-Verify for some public contractors and subcontractors (Mendoza & Ostrander, 2014). It is noted that on May 26th, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s 2007 law that required the use of E-verify by Arizona employers, punishable by suspension or revocation of the employer’s business license (Mendoza & Ostrander, 2014). The most recent Arizona bill regards to E-Verify is Bill H 2745 in 2008 indicating that not only all employers are required to use E-Verify, but also all contractors, subcontractors required to use E-Verify, excluding independent contractors (Mendoza & Ostrander,