Temecula City Council passes "E-Verify" ordinance to keep businesses in compliance with employment laws

TEMECULA - Temecula businesses will have to make sure employees can legally work in the United States to comply with an employment verification law unanimously passed by the City Council, it was reported today.

Mayor Jeff Comerchero said the ''E-Verify'' ordinance is no different than a city enforcing speeding laws that are already on the books, the Press- Enterprise reported.

''We're obligated to enforce the law, and this is the law," the newspaper quoted Comerchero as saying.

Temecula's new law, modeled after one in the city of Lancaster, will require holders of business licenses granted by...