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    GA: Bill Would Mandate E-Verify Participation

    Bill would mandate E-verify participation

    by Katy Ruth Camp
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    February 25, 2010 01:00 AM

    ATLANTA - State representatives continue to introduce legislation aimed at decreasing jobs given to those in the country illegally.

    State Rep. Bobby Reese (R-Sugar Hill) on Tuesday filed the Georgia Employer and Worker Protection of Act of 2010, also known as House Bill 1259. If passed, the bill would require all Georgia businesses to sign an affidavit agreeing to participate in the federal citizenship verification program E-Verify in order to obtain a business license or occupational tax certificate. Currently, only public entities such as municipalities and state agencies are required to participate in E-Verify per 2006's Senate Bill 529.

    "I think it's pretty obvious to everyone that illegal workers are getting jobs in the private sector," Reese said. "Get your house painted and look at who shows up. The bill is still a work in progress and is changing, but something like this is critical as we find out Georgia is No. 1 in the country for illegal residents. We're finally number one in something, but that certainly isn't what we want. So something has to be done to make sure we protect these jobs for those who are legal residents, especially in this economy."

    Since representatives are still working on changes to the bill, Reese would not speak about specifics, such as consequences for not following the law, if passed.

    "We need teeth in this bill and to hold people accountable for their actions, we know that," he said. "And that is something I would certainly like to see. But we have to be careful because the program is not perfect and I don't want these two-man or under 10 employees businesses (to) face huge fines or have their business license revoked if they unknowingly make a mistake. For companies that size, it would cripple them.

    "Maybe we can set up a Web site that anyone who is found to be doing this is published there for all of the public to see. Or have an employee limit. We're working on it."

    Rep. Don Parsons (R-Marietta) is one of the five co-signers of HB 1259. Another is Rep. Rick Austin (R-Demorest), who presented a bill two weeks ago that proposes severe consequences for public entities that knowingly employ illegal workers. In Austin's bill, a local government who knowingly employs someone who is in the country illegally would lose its qualifying local government funds for a year. This includes all state funding and matching. If a state agency knowingly employs illegal workers, it would lose 10 percent of the state-funded budget the next year.

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    Sunday, 28 February 2010

    Rep. Reese Introduces Georgia Employer and Worker Protection Act of 2010

    Submitted by State Representative Bobby Reese

    State Representative Bobby Reese (R-Sugar Hill) announced today the filing of The Georgia Employer and Worker Protection Act of 2010, House Bill 1259. This legislation is designed to protect jobs for Georgians by requiring Georgia businesses to participate in the E-Verify program as a condition for obtaining a business license or occupational tax certificate.

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    "Far too many of Georgia's jobs have gone to people who escaped capture while crossing our borders in violation of American immigration laws," said Representative Reese. "Statewide use of the proven, effective and successful E-Verify system will stop future jobs from going to illegal labor. In these desperate economic times, while we watch Georgian citizens and legal immigrants struggle with layoffs, it would be irresponsible to ignore this no-cost federal tool."

    E-Verify, created by an act of Congress in 1996, is an internet-based system that allows an employer, using information reported on an employee's Form I-9, or Employment Eligibility Verification, to determine the eligibility of that employee to work in the United States. There is no charge to employers to use E-Verify, a system operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration.

    In Georgia, use of E-Verify is currently required by law for public employers and their contractors under the 2006 Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act.

    Statewide use of the E-Verify system has been proven to successfully prevent future jobs from going to illegal labor. More than 184,000 employers are enrolled in the E-Verify program, with over 8.7 million queries run through the system in fiscal year 2009. As of January 30, 2010, there were over 4.2 million queries run through the system in fiscal year 2010.

    "This bill would serve to protect both Georgia employers and lawful workers," said Representative Reese. "It provides a ‘safe harbor' for businesses that use E-Verify in good faith and verifies the eligibility of newly hired employees to work in the United States."

    Thirteen states, including South Carolina and Mississippi, have E-Verify legislation in place, with several more in various stages of legislative process.

    For more information on HB 1259 please click here.
    http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/sum/hb1259.htm

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    Representative Bobby Reese represents the citizens of District 98, which includes portions of Gwinnett County. He was elected into the House of Representatives in 2004, and currently serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight Committee as well as Vice-Chairman of the Interstate Cooperation Committee. He also serves on the Appropriations, Banks & Banking, and Education Committees.
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    It's the small businesses that need to be using e-verify. The construction industry has been one of the biggest employers of illegals in this nation; so much so that illegal aliens now run their own companies and crews and bid jobs so cheap that American citizens can't compete. Many of these landscaping and construction subcontractors have all illegal workers on their payrolls who are using fraudulent social security numbers. E-verify must be mandatory for businesses of all sizes.
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