A voluntary federal program intended to screen out illegal aliens in the hiring process is fraught with legal challenges nationally, even as President Bush moves to impose mandatory use of the verification program on federal contractors.

The program, called “E-Verify,” currently faces review in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, stemming from an Arizona mandate to use it. And federal judges in Oklahoma and California have blocked some aspects of E-Verify.

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