Jennifer Kaplan

"It's a longstanding requirement," says Jennifer Kaplan, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Labor.

The Labor Department depends on all state work force offices to perform certain tasks, and one is to verify employment eligibility of workers coming into the program, said Jennifer Kaplan, a Labor Department spokeswoman.

"The department believes that as state work force agencies get more information about what their legal obligations are, and the options that are available to them to comply, they will agree to come into compliance," Kaplan said.

But Kaplan also said Labor has a number of tools to force states to comply if they refuse, and that "the department is prepared to use them when and if it becomes necessary."She declined to elaborate.

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"We don't follow the status or progress of such distributions because they don't involve grant money," said Jennifer Kaplan, a U.S. Labor Department spokeswoman.

Asked if the Labor Department is happy that it paid $66 million for improved public services that are still not in place, Kaplan said: "It's just not something I can comment on."

The comment period for the proposed changes closed July 7 and the department now is reviewing the comments, said Jennifer Kaplan, a Labor spokeswoman.Officials were unable to estimate when the final rule would be published, she said.

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The Labor Department depends on all state work force offices to perform certain tasks, and one is to verify employment eligibility of workers coming into the program, said Jennifer Kaplan, a Labor Department spokeswoman.

"The department believes that as state work force agencies get more information about what their legal obligations are, and the options that are available to them to comply, they will agree to come into compliance," Kaplan said.

But Kaplan also said Labor has a number of tools to force states to comply if they refuse, and that "the department is prepared to use them when and if it becomes necessary.