Posted on 06/10/2010 8:33:04 PM PDT by mdittmar
State Senate now to consider proposals to stop companies from hiring illegal immigrant workers.
Companies employing illegal immigrants could lose government contracts or licenses if they continue to employ those workers under two bills pending in the state Legislature.
The state House of Representative Tuesday passed the Industry Employment Verification Act and an employment verification amendment to the state law. The bills are now being sent to the state Senate for debate.
The bills require construction companies, contractors and subcontractors providing goods or services to state agencies to use a free Internet-based employment verification system operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to determine if a new employee is allowed to work in the United States.
For the complete story, see tomorrow's Times Leader.
This was the first step Arizona took. After this gets passed, it’s not that tough to “man up” and start doing what’s best for America and Americans again.
Start doing what’s best for America and Americans again...that sounds like a pretty good campaign slogan!
There is little chance that this bill will progress. PA has far too many Dimocrats in office who will not risk offending the people they’re counting on to be future Dimocrats. After all, it’s not like Dimocratz see this as a “free country,” they see it as a giant piggy bank.
Ping!
You gotta figure Rendell will veto it. But that gives something to hang around the Dem's necks come November in state races.
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