DES MOINES, Iowa -- More than 20 states in the United States have a mandate, at some level, for the use of E-Verify for employers.

On Monday, the Des Moines School District confirmed that it did not use the federal verification system after U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley criticized the district for its failure to do so.

E-Verify is a free system that checks an employee's authorization to work in the country with Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records. The information to use E-Verify is based off of the employee's I-9 form.

Iowa Senate Republicans have tried to pass a statewide mandate twice in the last six years, only for the bill to not advance in the Iowa House. Now, in the aftermath of former DMPS Superintendent Ian Roberts' arrest, there could be ano

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