![Yakima City Council Cancels E-Verify Program](https://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2019/04/Yakima-City-Hall-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Yakima City Council Cancels E-Verify Program
The Yakima City Council Tuesday voted on a resolution that cancelled the use of the E-Verify program in the city. The city has been using the system since 2011 to check the citizenship status of employees or contracted employees. The council voted 4-3 Tuesday to cancel the program. Council members Brad Hill, Kay Funk and Holly Cousens voted in favor of keeping the program but they were in the minority. City officials say the E-Verify program placed an "administrative, economic, and regulatory burden on small businesses that contracted with or would otherwise consider contracting with the city of Yakima."
The council voted and the program was cancelled immediately.
More From News Talk KIT
![Yakima Council Unanimously Approves Vicki Baker as New City Manager](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2024/07/vicki-baker.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Will Yakima City Manager Announcement Come Soon? Council Mum on Details](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2016/05/DSC_0624.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Supreme Court Ruling Paves Way for Yakima to Address Homelessness](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2021/10/attachment-Matt-Brown-e16348366421351.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Meet the Candidates: Yakima City Manager Search Down to Three Finalists](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2020/11/Yakima-City-Hall-21.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Yakima Council Member Calls Off Fireworks Debate Amid Dry Conditions](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2014/06/172559829.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![City Council Talk New City Manager and Vote on Purchase of Chamber Building](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2020/10/Yakima-City-Hall-21.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Pride proclamation rejected: Yakima City Council splits 5-2 on Recognition](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2020/05/Yakima-City-Hall-3.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Yakima Council Approves Downtown Parking Plan And New Pool](http://townsquare.media/site/241/files/2022/05/attachment-RS47907_GettyImages-1311796568-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Yakima Police Start New Relationship with Yakama Nation](http://townsquare.media/site/113/files/2017/05/IMG_6581.jpg?w=980&q=75)