SAVE Act Hits 100! Gaining in Representative Support
SAVE Act Hits 100! Another Cosponsor Added to Bill That Would Protect Jobs for Americans
NumbersUSA
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 3:49 PM EST
The SAVE Act received its 100th cosponsor when Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) added his name to the long list.
The SAVE Act will make E-Verify mandatory nationwide and increase monitoring of compliance ensuring that only legal workers get jobs during one of the worst jobs depressions in our nation's history.
The bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) now has 36 Democratic cosponsors and 64 Republican cosponsors.
Rep. Turner is serving his fourth term in the House and has earned a recent immigration-reduction grade of an A.
The SAVE Act (H.R.3308) would use currently available tools and resources to increase interior enforcement of federal immigration laws.
In securing the borders, the SAVE Act will:
- add 6,000 border patrol agents, utilizing new technology;
- improve recruitment with focus on former agents and former members
of the Armed Services and Reserves; and
- create a pilot program to increase aerial surveillance, satellite and
equipment sharing with the Departments of Homeland Security and
Defense.
In fighting illegal hiring, the SAVE Act will:
- make E-Verify mandatory for all employers;
- increase monitoring of compliance of the E-Verify system;
- require notification of identity theft; and
- require information sharing between the Social Security Administration,
Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service.
In increasing interior enforcement, the SAVE Act will:
- add ICE agents and increase grants to local law enforcement; and
- expedite the deportation process by increasing detention capacity and the number of immigration judges.
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