the bill during the second round vote. Immigration In 2008, legislation was proposed on the behalf of Governor Dave Heineman and Attorney General Jon Bruning that would have required local and state agencies to verify the immigration status of people seeking benefits. The Judiciary committee voted five to one in favor of killing the bill and Ashford later referred to the legislation as "partisan communications". Ashford later criticized Republicans for spreading pamphlets and robocalls that attacked Steve Lathrop for abstaining from the Judiciary committee vote. In 2009, he introduced legislation to prohibit businesses from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and would require employers to confirm employees using E-Verify after December 31, 2010. Electoral history References External links Brad Ashford for Congress campaign website |- |- 1949 births 2022 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians American people of Swedish descent Burials in Nebraska Candidates in the 1994 United States elections Candidates in the 2018 United States elections Colgate University alumni Creighton University School of Law alumni Deaths from brain tumor Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska Lawyers from Omaha, Nebraska Nebraska Independents Nebraska Republicans Nebraska state senators Place of death missing Politicians from Omaha, Nebraska United States Department of Transportation officials