The Baltimore County Council voted unanimously tonight in favor of a plan putting new requirements on contractors hired by the county who in-turn bring on illegal immigrants.
Council wants contractors to use a federal system called e-verifty to prove the immigration status of their employees.
"When you have contractors using illegal immigrants to work at a lower scale than union workers it greatly affects the average American worker during one of the worst recessions in recorded memory," said Buzz Beeler, Baltimore County resident.
E-verify is run by the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration. But the ACLU isn't on board.
"The e-verifty system is not sufficiently up to date to provide accurate verifications," said Ajmel Quereshi, ACLU of Maryland.
The proposal will now be considered by County Executive Jim Smith.
