Thread: "ATTENTION" CA. Call today

Call Today to Help Stop California Anti-Employment Verification Legislation

This is a special note for NumbersUSA members in California.

Dear California Friends,

California lawmakers are considering a bill (AB 2076) that concerning E-Verify, the federal electronic verification system that checks whether or not new hires are eligible to work in the United States. The bill would prohibit the State of California from participating in E-Verify, or any other electronic employment verification system, unless required by federal law, and prohibit the state or a city or county from requiring any employer to use an electronic employment verification system, unless required by federal law. The bill has already passed the California Assembly and a State Senate Committee. It is may heard on the State Senate floor tomorrow as early as today.

NumbersUSA understands that many Republicans will oppose the measure while all Democrats are expected to support it. Nonetheless, we ask that all Senate members be contacted and asked to oppose AB 2076. We have provided talking points below. If you do not know who your State Senator is, please click here and use the zip code locator to determine if your Senator is on the list below. You also can use this district map to find your Senator:


Talking Points

* Please oppose AB 2076, a bill that prohibits E-Verify use in California state and local governments and undermines its use in the private sector. There are no longer any valid excuses for allowing government or businesses to continue to hire illegal workers, not when there are so many Americans struggling to find work.

* The country is moving closer to implementing workplace verification systems that will help employers hire a legal workforce, protect American workers from unfair labor competition, discourage illegal immigration, and end exploitative labor practices. Don't take California down the opposite path by voting for AB 2076.

* All Federal agencies and Congress use the E-Verify system and every federal contractor will be using it shortly. About 70,000 employers throughout the country use E-Verify, including 5,669 in California. About 1,000 new businesses sign up for the program every week. Eleven states require their government contractors to use E-Verify and many more state and local governments are passing laws to discourage illegal labor and immigration practices. Don't support legislation that bucks the trend in the rest of the nation. Oppose AB 2076!

* E-Verify has been used by employers for over 12 years. In that time, it has been studied multiple times by Congress, universities, and even the Social Security Administration. Every report has found E-Verify to be easy, reliable and effective. Employers who use E-Verify must run every applicant through the system. Everyone is treated equally. Don't let your constituents down by voting for AB 2076.

* 99.5% of legal workers with no problems in their Social Security Administration records accurately authorized under E-Verify. Those that has inaccuracies are given instructions on how to clear up their records with SSA and time to do so. The bottom line is that those eligible to work in the U.S. will not lose their job. E-Verify protects legal workers from unfair hiring practices, protects employers from discriminatory lawsuits, and helps clean up SSA's database. Do the right thing by opposing AB 2076.

* The nice thing about E-Verify is nobody is automatically ruled out for work authorization. Everybody has a chance and time to prove that they are ultimately work authorized. If a person is not work authorized, it's not discrimination if you don't continue to employ them. That's complying with the law. Please oppose AB 2076!


THANK YOU.

Called Governors Office two locations; got only answering machine; that a good thing!

Maybe the Governor and Marie are going to have to dip into their money to help California survive. Does he has enough money to do that?

How many billions is he worth?

Called - Senator Yee; Senator Corbett; and Senator Harman

Each were very nice.

Emailed all the Senators and Congress people.