Two suburban Chicago employers will face fines and damages if some fired immigrant workers have their way. They say the companies broke a new Illinois law about verification of employment eligibility.

Some members of Congress want to require companies to use federal databases to confirm employees can work in the United States. But many businesses and unions complain that the databases contain too many errors.

An Illinois law limits verification to new hires. The law requires violators to pay damages, costs, attorney’s fees and fines.

Six Latino immigrants have filed the first complaints alleging violations. One of the immigrants worked five weeks for a temp agency in Bolingbrook.

The others worked at a Red Roof Inn in Hoffman Estates. They include Andrea De Loera, who says she spent 17 years there. Her attorney is Christopher Williams.

WILLIAMS: We will pursue employers who take away the rights of individual employees to privacy in the workplace.

A Red Roof Inn statement accuses the workers of providing false Social Security numbers and says that justified their termination.

The Illinois Department of Labor could dismiss the complaints, negotiate settlements, or take the hotel chain to court.