[Marine Inspector]

President Bush has put forward a comprehensive vision for immigration reform that will secure our borders, strengthen interior enforcement and create a temporary worker program that is not amnesty but will provide a legal,regulated path for those seeking work in the United States.

Pure BS!

[ncountylee]

President Bush has put forward a comprehensive vision for immigration reform that amounts a complete surrender to Fox's corrupt Mexican government at a staggering cost to the US taxpayer.

[Man50D]

Pure BS!

My thought exactly! President Bush, along with all the other politicians should enforce our existing immigration laws! Reform will only result with more laws not enforced.

[StonyBurk]

AMEN and AMEN

[AFPhys]

As it stands, although some employers are charged with constructive knowledge of ignoring no-match letters, some employers simply disregard "no-match" notices with little consequence. But that is going to change. Last week, the Department of Homeland Security issued a proposed regulation that will establish a specific process for employers to take corrective action when they receive a "no-match" notice. Under the proposed regulation, it will be clear that employers must check employment records, determine the cause of the mismatch and notify the appropriate federal agencies if they cannot resolve the problem. If employers fail to do so in a reasonable period of time, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can, in appropriate circumstances, hold them legally accountable for knowingly continuing to employ an illegal worker.

This is long in coming. It IS a good step, and necessary, however...

It would be most effective if employers were be to totally denied tax deductions for wages paid workers with this mismatch IMMEDIATELY, and as long as the mismatch condition exists, and to enforce a 20% penalty in the deduction if it persists longer than 90 days before clearing it up (if they are able to. THAT will encourage more rapid compliance.

but Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents need sufficient access to scrutinize the no-match data.

I bet the IRS has all the access they need to get this enforced pronto.

[cva66snipe]

Pure BS!

Yep and the article was written from the man in charge of the new Department of B.S. We truly are much worse off on illegal immigration than we were before Bush took office. Bush has made border enforcement a total mockery. There is but one solution Close our Borders with Mexico except for official ports of entry. Deport illegals from all nations. Lock up repeat crossers with Coyotes in a federal prison built in the Salt Flats between El Paso and Carlsbad, New Mexico and build it just for that sole purpose. This must be done before any work programs are considered.

The Bush Trade Policy is destroying the sovereignty of the United States.The man is compulsively Obsessed with Trade Policies no matter how ill conceived they are and the man will use any and I mean any {because of 911 he needs FTTA etc } as an excuse for that agenda. Rockefeller Republicans sicken me as much as LBJ /Clinton Liberals. Both sell this nation to the highest bidder.

[cva66snipe]

Pure BS!

Yep and the article was written from the man in charge of the new Department of B.S. We truly are much worse off on illegal immigration than we were before Bush took office. Bush has made border enforcement a total mockery. There is but one solution Close our Borders with Mexico except for official ports of entry. Deport illegals from all nations. Lock up repeat crossers with Coyotes in a federal prison built in the Salt Flats between El Paso and Carlsbad, New Mexico and build it just for that sole purpose. This must be done before any work programs are considered.

The Bush Trade Policy is destroying the sovereignty of the United States.The man is compulsively Obsessed with Trade Policies no matter how ill conceived they are and the man will use any and I mean any {because of 911 he needs FTTA etc } as an excuse for that agenda. Rockefeller Republicans sicken me as much as LBJ /Clinton Liberals. Both sell this nation to the highest bidder.