(AP) -- South Carolina officials say federal rules on employment verification records have idled the state's illegal immigration inspectors for a month and now their jobs could be eliminated.
Gov. Nikki Haley and the state's top labor official said Friday the state might have to lay off two dozen inspectors because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security won't let employers share electronic employment verification information.
That position may be changing because the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that penalizes businesses for hiring workers in the country illegally. Arizona and South Carolina both rely on the federal E-Verify system to check that workers aren't illegal immigrants.
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