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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Employee Verification Accountability Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the existing the civil money penalties (based on the number of illegal hiring occurrences) for unlawful employment of an alien with a $10,000 civil penalty for each unauthorized alien hiring.</p>]]></text>
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