One of the few things the Bush administration did right on immigration enforcement was to strengthen and expand the E-Verify citizenship verification system for employers.
The Obama White House is preparing to gut the program.
Team Obama will repeal some of the Executive Orders from the Bush Administration dealing with E-verify and so-called “No Match” Social Security number notices.
1. In the case of companies that have federal contracts, the employer will not have to use E-verify to check the employment eligibility of his current employees, only new hires as a result of the federal contract.
a. So for example, X sweatshop could have 15 illegal’s working for them right now who are illegal. If X sweatshop gets a federal contract they will not have to verify the employment eligibility of those 15 illegal’s. So they will receive a federal contract and our tax payer dollars will go to paying the salary of illegal workers.
2. E-verify requirements will stay in place for new hires.
a. So if X sweatshop has to hire 4 more people as part of their federal contract they will be required to verify those workers.
3. DHS could also announce that it will rescind the No Match rule, which provides a safe harbor process for employers who receive a No Match letter from SSA, can follow in order to terminate the employee without repercussion. SSA “no-match” letters alert employers to the fact that they have submitted Social Security tax withholdings based on Social Security account numbers that do not match SSA records as to issued numbers and corresponding names.
The rule, which will be rescinded – proposed as a “safe harbor” for employers – steps to be taken when they receive a No Match letter from SSA. If the steps are taken for the employees who submitted suspect Social Security numbers and if the employer is later audited/investigated by DHS for hiring illegal immigrants, the employer can use the fact that he took the steps laid out in the rule as a defense to a charge of illegally employing those illegal immigrants for which the No Match letter was issued.
Businesses requested that such a process be laid out so that they were no longer subject to lawsuits.
Make sure your congressional reps have this on their radar screens: 202-224-3121
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Really? That's news. Obama's stimulus package required companies getting federal funds or tax breaks to use the E-Verify program. My understanding is they wanted to review it, but I haven't see where they want to "gut" it.
Do you have a link?
The democrats will get them registered to vote, no proof of citizenship needed!
Any one of these or Michele Malkin
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Obama Administration Ready to Give Job Security to Illegal Aliens,
Gut Rules Designed to Prevent Identity Theft by Illegal Aliens
Earlier today, FAIR learned that in the coming days, maybe as soon as
tomorrow, the Obama Administration will announce two regulations that
will dramatically undermine immigration enforcement.
The first regulation would gut a Bush Administration rule that
required federal contractors -- paid with your tax dollars -- to
use the E-Verify program to ensure that their employees are legally
authorized to work in the U.S. FAIR expects the Obama Administration
to gut this rule so that illegal aliens who are currently working for
federal contractors will be able to continue in those jobs. This would
give job security to illegal aliens who work for federal contractors
instead of freeing that job up so that an American worker could be
hired. Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 14.5
million Americans are out of work.
The second regulation would gut another Bush Administration rule to
provide "no-match" notices to employers who have reported paying wages
to people whose name and Social Security number don't match. As the
Department of Homeland Security said in October: "One private study
concluded that 'most workers with unmatched SSNs are undocumented
immigrants.'" The Bush Administration proposed a rule to instruct
employers how to deal with the "no-match" letters to ensure that
employers don't continue to employ illegal aliens. By gutting this
rule, not only would illegal aliens be allowed to continue in their
jobs but the Obama Administration would also be turning a blind eye to
those illegal aliens who are committing felony identity theft by using
the Social Security number of an American citizen or legal immigrant!
This sounds like a precurser to amnista.One of the few things the Bush administration did right on immigration enforcement was to strengthen and expand the E-Verify citizenship verification system for employers.
Buzz on the Hill is that Team Obama will repeal some of the Executive Orders from the Bush Administration dealing with E-verify and so-called “No Match” Social Security number notices.
Federation for American Immigration Reform
Earlier Today, House Appropriators Rejected E-Verify Amendments; Reps. Price,
Obey, and Wasserman-Schultz Spoke Against These Provisions
Earlier this morning, the House Appropriations Committee met to write
the annual Homeland Security spending bill and the annual bill that
funds Congress for the coming year. At the "mark-up," the
Committee rejected two E-Verify related amendments to the Homeland
Security bill and another related to the Legislative Branch spending
bill. E-Verify is an electronically operated system that ensures
American jobs go to American workers by allowing employers to quickly
check the work authorization status of their new hires.
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) -- a true immigration reformer --
offered an amendment to the Homeland Security bill to extend
E-Verify. While that bill already contains a short, two-year
reauthorization of E-Verify, Congressman Calvert knows the true value
of the program and sought a longer extension of E-Verify. After
Calvert spoke in support of his amendment, Appropriations Homeland
Security Subcommittee Chairman, Rep. David Price (D-NC), spoke against the
amendment. Rep. Price urged the entire Committee to vote
against the amendment. Then, the Committee Chairman, Rep. David
Obey (D-WI), spoke against the amendment, as well. Obey argued
that the Homeland Security spending bill shouldn't contain an E-Verify
authorization at all!
Immediately following the rejection of the Calvert Amendment, another
true immigration reformer -- Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA)
-- offered an amendment to the Homeland Security bill to require
companies who contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use
E-Verify. This common sense amendment would have ensured that contractors who
do business with DHS -- the same agency
tasked with enforcing our immigration laws -- do not hire illegal
aliens. Congressman Price AGAIN spoke in opposition to the
Kingston amendment, erroneously claiming that E-Verify is inaccurate
and that the program would be unable to handle the expansion to DHS
contractors. Even though Congressman Kingston pointed out that
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano stated last month that the program
could indeed handle a large-scale expansion, and that the program has
an incredible accuracy rate of 99.6%, the House Appropriations
Committee still rejected the amendment!
Later in the morning, Congressman Kingston attempted to attach a
similar E-Verify amendment to the Legislative Branch spending
bill. This provision would have required contractors who do
business with the U.S. Congress to use E-Verify. This time,
Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee Chairwoman Debbie
Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) urged the Committee to reject the Kingston
Amendment.
In speaking out against these amendments, Reps. Price, Obey, and
Wasserman-Schultz effectively urged their colleagues to not only put
the E-Verify program in jeopardy, but also ensure that illegal aliens
can continue to work on federal contracts with DHS and the U.S.
Congress!
We need you to call the following Members of Congress who spoke
against E-Verify TODAY:
Rep. David Price: (202) 225-1784
Rep. David Obey: (202) 225-3365
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz: (202) 225-7931
Tell these Members that they need to get their facts straight.
Tell them:
* 14.5 million Americans are out of work and millions more are
underemployed.
* Americans, not illegal aliens, should be hired for any available
jobs.
* E-Verify is highly effective, and it works to protect American
jobs!!!
* Congress needs to start standing up for American workers, and
not special interests!!
Also, please call Rep. Calvert and Rep. Kingston, and thank them for
standing up on behalf of American Workers!
Rep. Ken Calvert: (202) 225-1986
Rep. Jack Kingston: (202) 225-5831
When Oracle Corporation, my last employer before
retirement, STOLE MY IDENTITY and assigned it to one of
their imported newhires from India, our CT SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRACTOR located and proved Oracle WAS the identity thief because Oracle's ANNUAL REPORT to Social Security, that is REQUIRED OF EVERY EMPLOYER, was found to be still using MY NAME, although I was living thousands of miles away. By "accidentally" reassigning my name to one of Oracle's new hires from India, I had suddenly lost all my medical coverage! By simply checking the annual report of current employees of Oracle, I enjoyed one of the fastest fixes to an Identify Fraud problem anyone had EVER seen! Clearly, I was not commuting to CA from the opposite (East) coast in retirement. Oracle treated the identity fraud as a simple "clerical" error on their annual report to Social Security. The Social Security representative and I called the Oracle Personnel Department together, to verify my identity identity and new East Coast address. It took only 3 days to restore my stolen identity due to the annual report to Social Security that is required of ALL EMPLOYERS. It sounds to me like "E-verify requirements" are also extremely IMPORTANT to prevent newhires from foreign countries from fradulantly assuming the identites of newly retired employees. -- Mary