Thread: HEMET CA: Employers must ensure workers are legal

HEMET: Employers must ensure workers are legal

10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, April 26, 2011
By KEVIN PEARSON
The Press-Enterprise

The Hemet City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved an ordinance that will require all employers to ensure that their employees are legally allowed to work in the United States.

Stressing the importance of protecting businesses and residents from losing jobs to illegal workers, the council voted to require the use of E-Verify for all new hires beginning June 9.

The item passed with no debate from the council and only three comments from the public, all of them in support of the measure.

After the meeting, Councilman Larry Smith said, "I think it's only right that legal citizens get the first crack at local, state and federal jobs."

"As a legal citizen, you earned that right to have the first shot at employment. When you are here illegally and you don't play by the rules, there is a price to pay," he said. "The city has chosen to follow the laws of the land."

The program is run by the Department of Homeland Security and is used by a number of cities throughout the region and nationally.

Several southwest Riverside County cities require businesses to use E-Verify. Hemet modeled its ordinance after one adopted in Temecula.

If a business hired an employee who is an illegal immigrant and is found to be in violation, the City Manager can ask that the employee be terminated.

A second offense can result in the business having its business license revoked.

City Attorney Eric Vail thanked the Hemet Tea Party for information it provided on the E-Verify system, saying it helped his office act more quickly on creating the ordinance.

E-Verify is a free service. Visit www.dhs.gov/e-verify to view the website.

"Whoever is responsible for this, I want to thank them," said Ted Wagner, who drove to the meeting from Menifee to offer his support. "We have 14 percent unemployment in the Inland Empire. The jobs should be going to our citizens."

Reach Kevin Pearson at 951-763-3466 or kpearson@PE.com

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Awesome!

With city of San Jacinto being right next door, this comes as a pleasant surprise.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

HEMET: Employers must ensure workers are legal After the meeting, Councilman Larry Smith said, "I think it's only right that legal citizens get the first crack at local, state and federal jobs."

Ending the jobs lure is the most effective way to stop illegals aliens from entering the United States.

We still need effective border control, to stop criminal aliens. And a congressional restatement of the original intent of the 14th Amendment would also be helpful, but Hemet is going in the right direction.
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Good luck in California - the Far Far Left Socialist California Legislature is very close to passing the California DREAM ACT and Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants - it's going to have a VERY DEVASTATING EFFECT FOR ALL OF CALIFORNIA AND THE U.S.

Originally Posted by American-ized

Good luck in California - the Far Far Left Socialist California Legislature is very close to passing the California DREAM ACT and Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants - it's going to have a VERY DEVASTATING EFFECT FOR ALL OF CALIFORNIA AND THE U.S. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

We are doing everything we can.
ALL 58 CA. Counties now I.C.E. Secure Communities
2/24/2011
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-229387.html

27,899 Deported from CA. by Secure Communities as of 4/14/2011
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-234789.html

Gov. Jerry Brown is a supporter of Secure Communities,
and as state attorney general ratified the agreement with the federal government.
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1190243.html#1190243

Calfornia 287g counties
Los Angeles, San Diego, Imperial, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Solano, San Joaquin, Sonoma, Sacramento, Stanislaus, and Ventura.
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1190243.html

Originally Posted by American-ized

Good luck in California - the Far Far Left Socialist California Legislature is very close to passing the California DREAM ACT and Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants - it's going to have a VERY DEVASTATING EFFECT FOR ALL OF CALIFORNIA AND THE U.S. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Immigration Act of 2011
Official Summary
3/30/2011--Introduced.Keeping the Pledge on Immigration Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), at the request of the Governor of Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas, to deploy additional members of the National Guard along the border of the requesting state and Mexico until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) certifies that the federal government has achieved operational control of the border. Limits total deployment at any one time to 4,000 members of the National Guard unless additional Guard members are determined to be necessary. Requires complete implementation of the automated entry and exit control system by September 30, 2015. Directs the Secretary of State to consult with the Secretary regarding DHS review of high-risk visa applications.

Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2011 or the CLEAR Act of 2011 - States that:
(1) state and local law enforcement personnel, in the course of their routine duties, have the inherent authority to investigate, apprehend, or transfer to federal custody aliens in the United States (including interstate transportation of such aliens to detention centers) in order to assist in the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws; and
(2) effective two years after enactment of this Act, a state that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice prohibiting such law enforcement assistance shall not receive certain federal incarceration assistance. Provides for the listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center database. Directs states and localities to provide the Secretary with specified information about apprehended aliens who are believed to be in violation of U.S. immigration laws. Provides federal reimbursement for related state and local costs. (States that such provision shall not require state or local enforcement officials to provide DHS with information related to a victim of a crime or witness to a criminal offense.) Directs the Secretary to make grants to states and political subdivisions that enforce immigration laws in the course of their routine law enforcement duties for special equipment and facilities related to arresting, detaining, or transporting illegal aliens. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) construct or acquire 20 additional detention facilities for aliens detained pending removal (or a decision on removal), and
(2) consider the transfer of military installations under base closure laws for such purposes. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding illegal aliens apprehended by state or local authorities to provide for:
(1) federal custody upon state or local request, and
(2) state or local compensation for related incarceration and transportation costs. Directs the Attorney General or the Secretary to ensure that the detention of an alien subject to removal is in an adequate state or local prison, detention center, or other comparable facility prior to his or her removal examination. Directs the Secretary to establish immigration-related training for state and local personnel. Provides:
(1) personal liability immunity to the same extent as corresponding federal immunity for state or local personnel enforcing immigration laws within the scope of their duties under this Act, and
(2) civil rights money damage immunity for state or local agencies enforcing immigration laws unless their personnel violated criminal law in such enforcement. Continues the institutional removal program (IRP), which shall be expanded to all states. Authorizes state or local detention of an illegal alien after completion of such alien's prison sentence for:
(1) up to 14 days to facilitate federal transfer, or
(2) until transfer to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Authorizes appropriations for FY2012 and subsequent fiscal years for the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP).

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1274/show

We need alot of this going on in U.S.and when they come in not legal need to be deported.I will email these congress you have listed and let them know how i feel.