Thread: MO: businesses try to stop immig bills requiring E-verify

Missouri businesses try to stop immigration bills requiring E-Verify use
— The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The state’s business community is worried lawmakers’ zeal to add new restrictions and penalties for illegal immigrants could spill over to those who hire them.

Of particular concern is a federal database that allows employers to check whether a prospective employee is allowed to work in the United States.
Several of the more than a dozen immigration bills that have been filed could affect the state’s employers. Some include provisions that either mandate worker checks or give a strong incentive by leveling significant penalties against those who don’t do them and knowingly hire an illegal immigrant.

One bill, which is modeled after an Oklahoma law, is scheduled to be considered by a Senate committee Wednesday.

Mike Grote, who lobbies for the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said ordering businesses to use the databases creates the wrong presumption that employers who aren’t already doing it are guilty. He likened it to a hypothetical gun control law.

“In order for you not be presumed a murderer, you must register every gun you have,â€

[b]Mike Grote, who lobbies for the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said ordering businesses to use the databases creates the wrong presumption that employers who aren’t already doing it are guilty. He likened it to a hypothetical gun control law.

“In order for you not be presumed a murderer, you must register every gun you have,â€

azwreath wrote[quote][b]The employers should not be the gatekeepers for the immigration issue,â€

I liked the way azwreath said that too

Why thank you Rock and Phred!! I have my moments.........