
(Raymond Grumney/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Nationally, audits of employer work eligibility paperwork went up markedly since 2009 before dipping in the most recent fiscal year. Manager convictions picked up, too. Meanwhile, the number of Minnesota-based companies signed up for the E-Verify worker screening system increased steadily.
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