Posted on 05/29/2007 3:17:04 PM PDT by Revel
No jobs for US citizens without Homeland Security approval Submitted by Canada IFP on Sat, 2007-05-26 18:00.Americas | United States | News
US citizens who apply for a job will need prior approval from Department of Homeland Security under the terms immigration bill passed by the Senate this week.
American Civil Liberties Union pointed out that the DHS's Employment Eligibility Verification System (EEVS) is error plagued and if the department makes a mistake in determining work eligibility, there will be virtually no way to challenge the error or recover lost wages due to the bill’s prohibitions on judicial review.
Even current employees will need to obtain eligibility approval from the DHS Within 60 days of the Immigration Reform Act of 2006 becoming law.
"EEVS would be a financial and bureaucratic nightmare for both businesses and workers," said Timothy Sparapani, ACLU Legislative Counsel. "Under this already flawed program no one would be able to work in the U.S. without DHS approval - creating a ‘No Work List’ similar to the government’s ‘No Fly List.’ We need immigration reform, but not at this cost."
The act allocates US$400 million for the implementation of the EEVS, but the Congressional Budgeting Office estimates the system to cost in excess of a billion dollars.
And I have to wonder how much more dead the “living document” Constitution is going to be after the courts get done approving the program in response to every challenge. Their methods of approving unconstitutional behavior from government are quite crude and destructive. After what I’ve seen the courts do over the past few decades, I’m sure they’ll at least kick the dead corpse a few times just to make sure there’s no chance of a resurrection.
Hey. Quick review of the bill: I don’t see where US citizens are required to get approval from Homeland Security. Have you found that?
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