crobtex

August 22, 2008

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Reauthorizing E-Verify:
Giving Employers the Tools They Need to Fight Illegal Immigration
As the second Session of the 110th Congress draws to a close, a number of important issues have yet to be addressed. Not only has the Democrat leadership failed to pass any comprehensive energy legislation, but it has also failed to act on any substantial immigration legislation. Illegal immigration remains a significant problem in the United States, and simply ignoring it will not reduce the number of people who are in the country illegally. I remain supportive of the comprehensive, bipartisan SAVE Act (HR. 4088), which was introduced by Congressman Heath Shuler (D-NC). Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to bring this enforcement-first bill to the floor for a vote, even though it has 155 cosponsors from both sides of the aisle.
A critical aspect of the SAVE Act is the E-Verify program (also known as Basic Pilot), which gives employers the tools they need to check the legal status of potential and current employees by matching names with social security numbers. The program is fast and easy to use. The SAVE Act expands the E-Verify program by giving all businesses the tools they need to comply within four years of the bill’s enactment. H.R. 4088 also protects employers who encounter problems but have put in a “good faith” effort to comply.
Under the current authorization, E-Verify expires this fall. Although many members were hoping to reauthorize E-Verify for ten years, the Employee Verification Amendment Act of 2008 (HR. 6633)—a five-year reauthorization—passed in the House with a vote of 407-2 on July 31, 2008.
Employment Eligibility Verification System: E-Verify
The E-Verify program was originally mandated by Congress as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. The program is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) that provides employers the opportunity to check the legal status of potential employees. E-Verify aims to reduce illegal employment by giving employers access to a national database that checks the information on the potential employee’s I-9 Employment Verification Form to the 425 million records held in the Social Security database. The program is free, voluntary, and available in all fifty states. Currently, over 69,000 employers are participating in the program. The goals of E-Verify are to:
• Reduce unauthorized employment;
• Minimize verification-related discrimination;
• Be quick and non-burdensome to employers, and;
• Protect civil liberties and employee privacy.
Employers can register for E-Verify by visiting www.dhs.gov/E-Verify. To participate, an employer must register online and accept the electronic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlines the responsibilities of DHS, SSA and the participating employer.
In order for the program to continue, the Senate must also reauthorize E-Verify when it returns from August recess and before the current authorization expires. There has been speculation that the Senate bill will also include other, more controversial immigration proposals. A number of Republican Senators have written a letter to Senate Majority Lead Harry Reid (D-NV), asking that the Senate have the opportunity to vote on a clean, straightforward five-year reauthorization of the program that closely matches the House version. A clean, stand-alone bill would help expedite the process of passing the bill into law. Hopefully, Senator Reid will bring a clean bill to the Senate floor so that E-Verify does not expire.
Additionally, on June 8, 2008, President Bush amended Executive Order 12989 to require all federal departments and agencies to require contractors—as a condition of each future federal contract—to agree to use E-Verify. I applaud this decision and believe it is in the best interest of all Americans.
If you have any questions about E-Verify or would like more information on the program, please feel to contact my Legislative Assistant Evan Shoop at 202.225.2231 or email her at Evan.Shoop@mail.house.gov.

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crobtex

I almost spit my coffee when I read this statement: "They got handled like they were criminals". Duh! You are illegal....what do you expect?

I feel bad for the kids, but have no sympathy for the parents and hope they prosecute guilty plant operators.


http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content...tion_Raid.html

mcoleman

They should handle everyone of them like the criminals they are except instead of putting them in jail on our dollar send them back. Anyone caught knowingly hiring an illegal should face jail time. They can take the people that are able to work off the welfare system and put them to work picking the crops that the illegals are picking. Give them the choice of starve or work. You might actually break the chain of family after family raising welfare recipeints.

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crobtex

Harsh, but true.

capt.Ron

Only harsh is respect to today's politically correct pandering.

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patdaly

To me, the solution is simple, any company hiring an illegal, and getting caught, would have their CEO/President and head of human resources serve a mandatory 5 year jail term, no probation, and serve a minimum 85 percent of the term.


Let's see just how many companies would hire an illegal then.

No work, no reason to be here.

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mcoleman

Yes, except for the lousy politicians that keep writing bills trying to get them benefits and free healthcare when they come over here.

kthiemann

I like the way you think.

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shonne

Agreed. Very very true!

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chipmonk

agree x3. once jobs are filled by people here legally, any additional workers needed can be handled legally, with appropriate background/criminal history checks and with proper documentation issued.
how is it that 8 years of a Republicans in the White House and Republicans in control of Congress until '06, couldn't get a single piece of meaningful legislation passed on this issue?????????? (capt.Ron, can't blame the dems- the GOP couldn't get their own to agree on a plan)

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rfeiller

to get the usa citizens to work at minial tasks (below minimum wage) the usa must obolish the aid and welfare to unneedy american citizens. they can make more money in CA on welfare then working.
abolish the "safe" cities where illegals are protected and their employers can't fire them, like here in San Jose, CA. if an employer discovers that the illigals were using forged documents they can not terminate them here.
get rid of Nancy Polisi she is behind the mess here and would love to give them all drivers licenses and free (that is taxpayer paid) insurance, medical care, education, she wants their votes.
there is so much wrong with the system.
waite until the democrates take office. at least president bush had the national guard move into the border areas to get the border patrol back on the job. (to many friends and relatives.)
in NM 5000 illigals came across the border every night. 100 illigals protested on the courthouse steps in Las Cruces and the border patrol was "too" busy to pick them up.
now the illigals get finger printed and detained before being sent back over the border.
the mexican government is irate over the loss of money brought in by the illigals to mexico. they do nothing on their side to slow it down.
the border patrol in the deming, nm area were informing the coyotees (the guides) where the minute men we at.
it goes on and on. i've heard estimates of 6 million illigals in CA. how the hell can we send all of the illigals back.
by the way 20% of those coming across the NM border are not mexican. we have seen iraquiis, asain, european, south american, etc.

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capt.Ron

Wasn't about to...both are to blame. The DEMs want to give em full and complete citizenship, many republicans want to grant an amnesty path to citizenship and many of the rest are scared to speak out against it because they are scared that they'll lose the Hispanic vote. All of them are playing politics in one way or another. The DEMs know it's not right but want to give away citizenship in order to increase their base and the republicans want to give amnesty in order to keep the DEMs from gaining to much.
This problem has existed since long before the Reagan Administration. There is an easy fix...Enforce the laws currently on the books!! We don't need any new laws we just need to follow through with the ones we have.

chipmonk

Ann Coulter has actually stated that after defending Republicans and conservatives against the ranting of the left for years, on the issues of illegal immigration and certain aspects of energy she cannot defend them. she said the only reasons she has come up with for this administration's lack of any real plan regarding illegal immigration and some of the issues regarding energy, is that they are simply catering to their friends who are benefitting from both.
she said that in years past there was always a rational explanation for things that the left would insist was just the right taking care of their own, at the expense of the average citizen, but in this case there is simply no other answer other than they really are taking care of their own.

when Ann Coulter calls out conservative Republicans, those called out should take notice.

rfeiller

you are right it is both dem and republicans. there has got to be a cutoff point at sometime and as much as i hate to say it an adjustment for those that are settled here. the ramifications from inforcing a black and white law would be horrific, no matter how much i would like to see it.

the reference to dems is nancy p.

quite frankly both candidates scare the hell out of me.

capt.Ron

Adjustments for those illegally settled here is not necessary at all. I'm not saying that we go and start hunting down the illegals but rather push em home by attrition. If one gets popped in a traffic stop send em home, if one gets caught in an enforcement raid on a company send em home.
As to raids, ICE should continue the raids that have just started in the past year but at a more accelerated pace. There were some recent statistics out that indicated that our illegals count has reduced by about 1 million in the past yr.
From interviews of some illegals they say they are leaving because it's harder to find work than it was a couple of yrs ago. Enforcement seems to be working, we just need to step it up now. Also we've increased border patrols everywhere. We had national guard troops along the border near San Diego which practically killed the flow of illegals in that area. I believe that the troops left recently to allow the newly trained border guards to handle it.