[nathanbedford]

I agree with you completely the wall is both a practical necessity which is indispensable and a metaphor for a commitment and follow through to police the borders and the airports etc.

But absent from the Trump's report is a commitment to e-verify beyond just mentioning it -yes, I understand that there is a general provision elsewhere in the document which calls for the enforcement of laws but I am also informed that e-verify is voluntary under current law.

Along with birthright citizenship, the draw of employment must be eliminated if we are ever to get real control over the borders because the greatest draw is not, as Trump suggests, birthright citizenship but employment. As far as I can tell, there is no call to action in the Trump document to prosecute employers who hire illegals. That is a grave deficiency in an otherwise outstanding series of proposals.

[xzins]

Is e-verify already US law?

[C210N]

As far as I can tell, there is no call to action in the Trump document to prosecute employers who hire illegals.

This problem has at least two levels. Change the law, and relatively easy to deal with mid to large employers that hire criminaliens. The harder one is the home-cleaning under the table jobs. In between are the LLC/incorporated landscaping, roofing contractors, and the like. Here in MA, it is quite hard to not at least occasionally contribute to the problem (I'll presume myself guilty).

There are whole segments of service industries that are completely criminalien, and when using those services, you may be hard pressed to stay legal. What is needed is a sea-change of changes, perhaps Trump has the idea, that can fix these areas.

[Jim from C-Town]

Nationwide E-verify is how he words it in his proposal.

[jjsheridan5]

But absent from the Trump's report is a commitment to e-verify beyond just mentioning it -yes, I understand that there is a general provision elsewhere in the document which calls for the enforcement of laws but I am also informed that e-verify is voluntary under current law.

Just a thought. By background, Trump is the type of person who would be well-versed in the skill of holding back cards, to play at the right time. Of all of the specific components of his immigration plan, the one that would have the broadest and loudest support would be "crack down on employers". Maybe he is only hinting at this now, so that he can later make a big splash with the specifics of what he would do to those employers.

I have a hard time believing that he would listen to Sessions on everything else, yet hit employers with padded gloves. I have a gut feeling that when he comes out with the specific remedy for these types of employers, it is going to be shocking in its severity.