Last week, the Senate unanimously voted in favor of an amendment to the minimum wage bill that would, in effect, bar any company that employed undocumented immigrants from receiving a government contract for seven years. If that company held a government contract at the time of the offense, they would be banned from receiving government contracts for a ten-year period. This amendment, though, would exempt all employers who voluntarily participate in the Basic Pilot Program, an internet-based employee verification system (available online at: https://www.vis-dhs.com/EmployerRegistration/).