Overview
- An internal memo notified employees of staged deadlines culminating on April 10, warning that noncompliance could jeopardize a CDC contract linked to the National Death Index.
- The verification will run through E‑Verify+, administered by USCIS and the Social Security Administration, which cross‑checks I‑9 data with federal databases including DHS.
- A recent audit reportedly identified about 3,000 incomplete employment‑eligibility records within the department.
- SEIU Local 1000 and UAW Local 1115 oppose the recertification, citing privacy and data‑security risks and possible exposure to immigration enforcement.
- SEIU says no other state agency is requiring a repeat legal‑status check, and California generally does not mandate E‑Verify use statewide.