Verification is currently mandatory, has it curtailed illegal immigration? >>>>>>>>>
Are you sure ??? Here's the link that I saw, it says the 'verification' is VOLUNTARY.
If this is so, it sure makes me believe that NO ONE in DC is serious about cracking down on iilegal workers, illegal employers, and ID theft.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1025355/posts (snip)
As of today, the job of trying to figure out if the ID shown by a new employee is a counterfeit or not is just daunting. That is sometimes a legitimate excuse and sometimes a smokescreen for why so many businesses have illegal aliens working for them. But with the new system, businesses merely have to phone or type through the name, Social Security number or alien ID (for legal alien workers) of the person just hired. The feds then report back within a few days if there is something that doesn't match. This catches invented SS numbers, mismatches between SS number and name, etc. If the new employee can't clear up the discepancy, he/she is to be fired.
But the program is voluntary. The rotten, exploitative, unpatriotic businesses will still tend to keep the illegals or just not participate in the verification system. But polls show -- and our experience indicates -- that most business owners and managers don't really want to hire illegals, especially if they think their competitors aren't hiring them.
Are you sure I thought I was. It appears I was wrong. Thanks for pointing this out.
I thought the employment verification program (Form I-9) was mandatory, not voluntary.
Unfortunately, making the program mandatory, will not curtail illegal immigration.
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