Thread: 31 More Days for E-Verify

September 24, 2009

31 More Days for E-Verify
By Chris Jaarda, FAIR's Government Relations Director

We just learned moments ago that the House-Senate conferees for the Legislative Branch appropriations bill have agreed to the language for the conference report. The new language also includes a "Continuing Resolution" to fund the government through October 31 (current funding for all federal discretionary programs was set to expire on September 30, 2009).

The "CR" also extends E-Verify's authorization for an additional 31 days according to information on the House Appropriations Committee website.

Attaching the CR to the $4.65 billion Leg Branch Appropriations bill became necessary because Congress has once-again failed to complete work on the 12 annual appropriations bills prior to the September 30th deadline. The CR is important to prevent a shutdown of the Federal government.

The CR also includes a 31-day extension of E-Verify. The inclusion of a short-term extension of E-Verify is important.

But by only authorizing the program for 31 days, as opposed to making E-Verify permanent as the Senate passed Homeland Security Appropriations bill would have done, Congress may have created unnecessary uncertainty for this critical enforcement program. When the long-term future of E-Verify is clear to employers, employers will continue to enroll in the program.

But with just a 31-day extension, employers may be reluctant to enroll in E-Verify from now until such time as Congress enacts a longer extension of E-Verify.

FAIR will continue to work for a permanent extension of E-Verify. Stay tuned for more of the latest coming your way from Capitol Hill.

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They would have money for "we the people" if they stopped giving our jobs to illegals and rewarding illegals and Obama's Special Interest group buddies with our hard earned money.

E-Verify works maybe that's why the Gov't doesn't want to use it.

E-Verify will work. We need to pass Shuler's SAVE ACT and do so immediately making E-verify mandatory for all employers.

Four important amendments to the Senate DHS Appropriations Bill passed which we were warned might be "stripped" in the Conference Committee.

Below are 3, of which the most sweeping was Sen. Sessions' amendment which would have made E-Verify permanent:

Grassley Amendment to Curb Illegal Immigration Clears Senate

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said that his amendment to allow an employer to verify the work status of all workers, not just new hires, through the E-verify program passed the Senate late tonight. The amendment was offered on the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill. Grassley’s amendment passed by unanimous consent.
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Yesterday, the Senate voted in favor of an amendment offered by Senator Jeff Sessions that made permanent the E-verify program.

E-verify, formerly the basic pilot program, was first authorized in 1996 allowing only six states to participate. The program was reauthorized in 2001 and then expanded in 2003. The last expansion allowed employers in all 50 states the opportunity to voluntarily use the program. President George W. Bush signed an executive order in August 2007 that required contractors to use E-verify for any employees performing work for the federal government. The Obama Administration has postponed this rule several times, but announced yesterday that it would require some employees to be verified through the system if they receive government contracts.

http://grassley.senate.gov/news/Article ... 1502=21719

3. " Sen. David Vitter's (R-La.) No-Match amendment prevents further delay in the implementation of a Bush Administration rule allowing the Social Security to send No-Match letters to employers."

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/ ... dment.html

The fourth would have required the Administration to implement the Executive Order requiring all contractors doing business with the federal government over a certain monetary amount to use E-Verify. In fairness, although Bush signed the original E.O., its provisions were never implemented by his Administration.

Time for them to HEAR OUR VOICES !!!!!

This is hard to believe these slippery low life scum bags never cease to amaze me in their trickery.

Originally Posted by Justonehero

This is hard to believe these slippery low life scum bags never cease to amaze me in their trickery.

They NEVER FAIL to live down to my lowest expectations of them.