Idaho: Legistation to identify illegal workers needed
Posted on Tuesday, November 17 @ 08:33:47 EST
Topic: Illegal Immigration News in the US
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 North Idaho
Sen. Mike Jorgenson, who wants state employers to check worker
immigration status, said Saturday high unemployment and state budget
woes may finally overcome farm and business opposition to such a
requirement.
Jorgenson-authored immigration legislation has failed to get a hearing the last two sessions. But with more than 66,000 in Idaho
jobless, and a $50 million budget gap, a hearing would unleash popular
support for measures that discourage the hiring of illegal immigrants,
he said.
“We can’t afford to take care of ourselves,” Jorgenson told a
receptive audience of about 60 gathered for one of 53 Tea Parties
Against Amnesty & Illegal Immigration held around the United
States, including others in Boise and Idaho Falls.
Topics: illegal immigration, ICE, Idaho, amnesty, protest, rally, forum, illegal, immigrants, aliens, health care, tea party
Bert Caldwell
November 14, 2009
The Spokesman-Review
Organizer Anita Steiner said Americans
overwhelmingly oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants, but “the
open-borders crowd” wants access to workers who will accept lower pay
than U.S. citizens.
“It’s all about cheap labor,” she said. “Americans are fed up.”
Jorgenson, who on Saturday had to steer crowd comments away from
gun control, health care legislation and the legality of the federal
income tax, said illegal immigrants each year cost the state of Idaho $200 million, and the state of Washington $800 million, for health care, education, and other services.
Jorgenson’s bill would require Idaho
employers to use the national E-Verify system that checks worker
immigration status, and revoke their business licenses if they do not.
Alternative measures supported by agricultural interests are “toothless,” he said.
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