Before she could even think about hiring employees, she had to get a federal tax ID number, or FEIN, for her company.

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Your federal Tax transaction (ID: 17227176358924), recently from your checking account was returned by the your Bank.

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Under federal immigration law (the 2005 REAL ID Act), those facts render them excludable from the United States.

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Last year Colorado adopted a particularly tough regime, including a requirement that all government contractors run new hires through E-Verify--an otherwise voluntary federal online service that checks if the Social Security or immigration id numbers that new hires provide are legit.

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The Obama Justice Department blocked a voter-ID law in South Carolina, and the state has filed a federal suit to overturn the decision.

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The states' plans require voters to present photo ID like a driver's license or passport to vote, a measure endorsed by the Commission on Federal Election Reform headed by President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker in 2005 to protect the integrity of the ballot.

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