So...do they plan on having all their existing customers provide proof that they are here legally and require the same from all new customers? Otherwise how else will they know?
That apparently seems to be the plan. “Papers please” to keep your lights on.
Can’t see any possibility for abuse there.
No.
[’If you’re already a customer and you already have service with us — and there’s no discontinuation of service — we don’t have to do anything,’ Mr Pirkle however explained.]
So they only perform a check on NEW customers, and if the new customer is a legal alien they check periodically to ensure their legal status hasn’t expired.
Hopefully, citizens will tip utilities off about illegals so the utility will shut down existing customers after investigating. Otherwise, the illegals can stay forever as long as they don’t move.
I don’t really see why this was ever an issue. A utility is providing credit to its customers since billing is done after usage. Anyone providing credit should be running a credit check, which would have required an SS# and valid ID to run. Had they done that all along, they would never have had illegals as customers to begin with.