Thread: E-Verify: Good News and Bad News

Chamber Says 'Jump'; Obama Asks, 'How High?'
By Mark Krikorian, January 29, 2009

Good news and bad news on the E-Verify front.

The House version of the "stimulus," monstrous though it is, at least retains the requirement that recipients of its funds be enrolled in E-Verify, so as to screen out illegals. On the other hand, at the request of the open-borders U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Obama Administration has postponed, for the second time, implementation of the rule that existing federal contractors be enrolled in E-Verify. The explicit goal is to kill the rule; in the words of the Chamber's spokesman, "We are hopeful that the incoming administration will agree that E-Verify is the wrong solution at the wrong time." The curious argument is that businesses shouldn't be asked to check that illegals not be hired because they're already under a lot of stress as it is; in other words, illegal aliens should be permitted to take jobs even though unemployment is at its highest level in a generation.

The Indianapolis paper parroted this line in opposing what might become the nation's toughest state immigration bill, the centerpiece of which is an E-Verify mandate for Indiana firms: "The first major problem with Senate Bill 580 involves timing. Amid a deep national recession, with companies eliminating jobs by the thousands, [Sen. Mike] Delph's bill would add another layer of regulation, and more expense, on every business in the state." Regulation? It's already illegal to hire illegal aliens; if you want to change that, say so openly. Expense? The editorial writer is clearly relying on Chamber talking points rather than experience; I've been using E-Verify for a while now and there's no expenditure of money and very little of time. The real problem with it is that legitimate employers can tell who the illegals are, and crooked employers can no longer pretend not to know.

http://www.cis.org/node/1007

As I have said all along this trillion dollar Ponzi scheme will be a taxpayer subsidized illegal alien jobs and benefits giveaway. This government has forced struggling taxpayers to subsidize cheap labor while over a hundred thousand Americans lost their jobs this week alone. How can this administration say it is putting Americans back to work? Projects will be federally funded using contractors who now will not be forced to check identities and citizenship status of anyone applying for stimulus created jobs. Wait until illegal aliens are found on DOD installations, nuclear power plants and other sensitive and critical facilities. Time to let Lou Dobbs know. Americans should NOT be forced to subsidize cheap labor for this congress corporate masters.

Those of us in Indiana are working hard to see Delphs bill passed. There is a hearing on it on Febr. 4th. Anybody who lives in Indiana please contact me on this.

Originally Posted by retiredairforce

As I have said all along this trillion dollar Ponzi scheme will be a taxpayer subsidized illegal alien jobs and benefits giveaway. Thgis government has forced struggling taxpayers to subsidize cheap labor. Wait until illegal aliens are found on DOD installations, nuclear power plants and other sensitive and critical facilities. Time to let Lou Dobbs know. Americans should NOT be forced to subsidize cheap labor for this congress corporate masters.

Let's not forget all the money that illegal aliens will send to their countries, further weakening our economy. Can't wait to see how happy the IRS will be when the tax base takes a huge dive. Less Americans working (paying taxes) and more illegal aliens working (no taxes paid). Who will be left to subsidize the cheap labor? Who will be left to BUY the products?

What I suspect this crooked administration is doing is demonizing American and legal immigrant workers to such a degree that we will be "happy" when they force shamnesty down our throats by saying these 30 million illegal aliens will now pay taxes. Riiight and I believe in the Tooth Fairy.