Thread: AL- New city policy targets illegals

New city policy targets illegals
Sunday, August 30, 2009
By Steve Doyle
steve.doyle@htimes.com

E-Verify for vendors is a 'modest' step, but expert warns of errors

Getting a job with a Huntsville city government contractor just got a little more complicated.

Starting Jan. 1, city vendors will be required to screen prospective hires using the federal government's E-Verify system. The City Council approved the change with little discussion Thursday night.


Councilman Bill Kling, who pitched the new rule, called it a "very modest proposal" to try to deter illegal immigration in a way that won't get the city sued.

"This is about the best we can do," he said before the vote. "We're not going to be a test case. We're not going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax money trying to defend something in court."

Kling noted that two lawyers - City Attorney Peter Joffrion and Mike Fees, the city's outside expert on immigration law - helped draft the policy.

Madison County, Decatur and Albertville already require most vendors hired under competitive bid laws to use E-Verify.

The free online system allows companies to verify the employment status of prospective hires by submitting names and Social Security numbers to the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security.

But Tyler Moran, employment policy director for the Los Angeles-based National Immigration Law Center, said the E-Verify database is riddled with nearly 18 million errors. That means many people's job applications won't match government records.

Social Security officials estimate that database errors could cause 3.6 million workers a year to be misidentified as ineligible for employment, Moran said Friday.


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Where did he get the bogus info that there are nearly 18 million errors. Oh yeah, he pulled it out of his ass...

Originally Posted by Tbow009

Where did he get the bogus info that there are nearly 18 million errors. Oh yeah, he pulled it out of his ass...

Could be the guesstimation of 'TYPOS' that would require reentering info correctly.

My name is Jeff, Jeffery to be exact but most people spell it Jeffrey. That could easily be a mistake in data entry for my verification. One that would quite easily be corrected yet still count as an ERROR.

Most problems with E-verify are solved well within the period before the mandatory discharge. Most illegal aliens leave soon after the discovery of a problem. It is likely much fewer illegal aliens will apply for a job with a company using E-verify.

"This is about the best we can do," he said before the vote.


TOTAL BULLS***

Why can we do better with the DMZ between the Koreas?

Why are we the only country that can make a reusable spacecraft, but not get illegals out of our country.

NO POLITICAL WILL