Illegal Irish forced out of jobs in US crackdown

Illegal Irish forced out of jobs in US crackdown
By Eoin Reynolds in California

Sunday August 14 2011

UNDOCUMENTED Irish in America are being forced out of their black market jobs by tough new measures to clamp down on illegal workers, according to the Immigration Rights Commission (IRC) in San Francisco.

IRC chairman Angus Mc-Carthy said new e-verification forms had forced thousands of illegals to quit their jobs.

He said: "The e-verification number has changed the game for workers here. Under this system you have to prove you are legal to keep your job so workers are being given the option of complying, or leaving their jobs."

E-verification requires a worker to provide documents to an employer that are then compared to Homeland Security files to assess if the person is legally entitled to work in the US. Anyone whose documents do not match up is likely to be arrested and deported.

At present it is only mandatory for employers working on federal contracts to e-verify their workers.

However, a number of industries have taken it upon themselves to implement the rules, fearing that they will be penalised in the future if they are found to be employing illegals.

The Latino community has been hardest hit as the fast-food and hotel industries have been the most rigorous in implementing the system.

But Irish workers who are "caught up in the crossfire" are also struggling and there is currently a bill before the house to make e-verification mandatory for all sectors.

Sponsored by Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, Bill S1196 would force all employers to fully comply with e-verification within one year.

Felix Feuntes, of the Immigration Rights Commission in San Francisco, said the construction sector was also beginning to comply with the regulations.

Construction has long been one of the most important employers for illegal Irish in the US but it now faces a major overhaul.

Employers, fearing a backlash from future governments, are becoming increasingly likely to let go of any illegals on their books.

- Eoin Reynolds in California

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/eu ... 47965.html

I don't care if they're from Mars. All illegals need to be cut off from American jobs.

Recently, here in NYC, an Irish National who tends bar in Manhattan, was apprehended for rape. Of course the papers here failed to mention if he was here legally. If his status becomes clear I'll post the article.

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http://www.alipac.us/article-6489--0-0.html

Good! This just goes to show the law is not discriminating against hispanics, as they like to bemoan! Is it “racistâ€

Why just Irish force CRACKDOWN why not Mexico illegal immigrants crackdown this is so unfair kick em all out know matter where they come from....






America IS ON LIFE SUPPORT NOT TO MUCH LONGER THE PLUG WILL BE PULLED!!!

[quote="NoBueno"]Good! This just goes to show the law is not discriminating against hispanics, as they like to bemoan! Is it “racistâ€

as I said you have to check every One paper ?
we have them coming all over the world .
they come for a vist yes & for get to go home
No amnesty

It is time for the government to quickly come up with a taxpayer funded organization that will obtain "everything for the Irish and nothing for others." 38 million Americans of Irish descent want these families kept together. Yes we can! :roll: