WCSC-TV June 30, 2021 Watch Video By Paola Tristan Arruda CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – South Carolina small business owners and state organizations are calling on U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott to support bipartisan immigration reform. On Wednesday, the Carolinas Chapter of the American Business Immigration Coalition along with the South Carolina Small Business […]
Contact: Frank Knapp 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Press Release July 1, 2021 Columbia, SC—The South Carolina Small Business Chamber (SCSBCC) and the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) successfully completed press events on June 30th in Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston. Frank Knapp, president and CEO of the SCSBCC, announced that his chamber was joining the ABIC and
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The following are key finding about immigration reform from a poll conducted by the American Sustainable Business Council and Main Street Alliance. The scientific national phone survey of 515 small business owners was conducted last month and covered a wide range of issues. Other results of the poll will be rolled out this month. I
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The S.C. House voted 69 to 43 along party lines with one exception yesterday to force every small business in the state to only use E-Verify when hiring a worker to prove immigration status. Starting in 2012, regardless of a small business’s ability to access the internet, employers in the state are now required to
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Today the message below from the Small Business Chamber will be given to House members before they debate whether to concur or non-concur with the Senate’s mandatory E-Verify amendment to S.20, immigration reform. A non-concur vote would send the bill to a conference committee to work out the difference between the House and Senate versions.——————————————————————————————————- Top 8 Reasons
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ACTION ALERT!!! Don’t Make Small Business do the State’s Work This week the S.C. House will make an extremely important decision for every small business in the state. Without any public hearings or thorough discussion of alternative solutions, the Senate voted to mandate that our small businesses not be allowed to use a driver’s license
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