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Stimulus Conference Committee Strips E-Verify Protections for American Workers

Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 9:36 PM



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) issued a press release tonight decrying the removal of House-passed E-Verify worker protections from the conference committee report, which could be voted on as early as tomorrow. See Roy Beck's blog for more commentary on this injustice.

The conference committee stripped a provision he authored, which would have re-authorized E-Verify for five years, and one sponsored by Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), which would have required E-Verify use by stimulus-fund recipients. Rep. Calvert notes that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) were responsible for these anti-American worker actions. He issued the following release:
Rep. Ken Calvert

Rep. Ken Calvert

REP. CALVERT: BILLIONS OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO CREATE JOBS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS?
WASHINGTON, D.C. February 11, 2009 – Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) issued the following statement in response to news that the E-Verify provisions in the stimulus bill were not included in the final package. The two provisions, one to reauthorize the current voluntary E-Verify program which expires March 6, 2009 offered by Rep. Calvert and one requiring any entity receiving stimulus funds to participate in E-Verify offered by Rep. Kingston (R-GA), were unanimously accepted by both Republicans and Democrats in the House Appropriations mark up of the bill.

"Tonight, behind closed doors with no input from House Republicans, Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid crafted the so-called compromise on the stimulus bill. What we now know is that while billions of American taxpayer dollars are going to be spent, there is no assurance that the jobs created will go to American workers. The two amendments that had been accepted by the House Appropriations Committee were stripped without discussion or debate.

"The American people have repeatedly voiced their support for employment verification and yet we find that once again special interests win out. The one candle in the darkness of this disastrous bill was the reauthorization and requirements to use E-Verify. Now all we are left is a bill that places illegal immigrant interests above those of hard working American families and leaves the bill at the foot of future generations."

There are some faxes at the site to send Obama and reps.

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/

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Maybe a duplicte, but first time I have seen it.

Richard wrote:

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Please list original link if you can find it. Thanks.

Richard's right, this is a duplicate. Here's the original story I think Richard is talking about.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-145924.html

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