Manassas Cracks Down On Business Licenses

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By Greg L | 8 September 2007 | Illegal Aliens, Manassas Politics | 8 Comments

The Manassas Journal-Messenger picked up on new business licensing requirements that went into effect on Labor Day in today’s edition. This closes the potential loophole of having an illegal alien start his own business and avoid the employee verification process that would be required if the person had been hired as an employee somewhere. This isn’t a terribly frequent occurrence, as far as I can tell, but it does happen.

From the MJM:

From Labor Day on, those contractors and subcontractors who want to do business in the city will need to provide one of 10 documents that establish both identity and residency status in the United States, or two of 16 documents that establish both identity and residency status.

This is a good step. What would make it better would be that as a condition of getting any contract with the City, all employees must be screened with the E-Verify system. We’re going to catch the business owners now, but we also need to ensure that their employees have legal presence also. If this were done in the state and local governments, we would in one fell swoop remove the largest employment source for illegal aliens in the Commonwealth.

That’s right. Your taxpayer dollars are the biggest source of funds for illegal aliens in the state.