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Sidebar: A history of E-Verify

By Lynda Waddington 8/14/08

E-Verify, known as the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program prior to 2007, was created along with two other pilot programs as a part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 and was originally an option for only the five states with the largest immigrant populations (California, Illinois, Florida, Texas and New [...]

Is Bush Administration Using IRS To Target Transgender Americans?

By Douglas Burns 7/17/07

The executive director of the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association tells Iowa Independent today that he believes the Bush Administration is using the IRS to target the nation's transgender population.

Joel Ginsberg of the GLMA says he is disappointed with the IRS decision to disallow a deduction for a 57-year-old Bostonian who underwent a sex-change operation [...]

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