Posted on 02/08/2019 9:28:25 AM PST by FewsOrange
If the Trump administration is serious about controlling illegal immigration and illegal alien driven crime, it should begin by going after employers who hire illegal aliens. The move would not only help to prevent the exploitation of illegal immigrants, but it would also help to foster higher-paying jobs for American workers.
Studies have shown that while illegal immigration can lower wages across all economic classes, it has the largest negative impact on those who lack a high school degree. As an added social cost, the practice also results in widespread identity theft by immigrants who steal Social Security numbers from men, women and children across the country so that they can gain legal employment.
But in order to preserve access to cheap labor, special interest groups oppose sanctions, and do everything possible to ensure that the law is not enforced. That's been the case for decades. It took only five years from the time that President Reagan granted amnesty to three million illegal aliens for employers to convince Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch to introduce a bill that would have eliminated all employer sanctions that were part of the Reagan amnesty deal.
The bill failed after Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., and a coalition of other black and Hispanic leaders pointed out the “the devastating impact" that illegal employment had on semi-skilled workers, "a disproportionate number of whom are African American and Hispanic." She attributed opposition to enforcing the law to those who sought to "abuse undocumented workers and introduce cheap labor into the U.S. workforce.”
Though proponents of lax law enforcement failed on that occasion, they have used their financial and political power to ensure that sanctions against employers who hire illegal aliens have not been enforced in more recent years.
With increased enforcement by the Trump administration, it's time now to change that precedent, and to go after those who employ illegal aliens instead of simply their employees. Whenever an illegal alien is arrested, officials should carefully scrutinize their work history and charge both the individual and their employer for any crimes related to employment fraud or identity theft.
As an additional step, the administration could also require all employers to use the E-Verify system, which matches self-reported employment information with government data. It should mandate that the Social Security Administration send out mismatch letters when employers have individuals using Social Security numbers that do not match their names, and it should require the IRS to notify American citizens whenever their Social Security numbers are used for employment purposes. It should sharply increase the number of I-9 audits, and it should bring charges against all employers who are found to be violating the law.
Finally, the administration should encourage federal, state and local law enforcement officers to verify the Social Security number of every person arrested and to charge individuals using fraudulent Social Security numbers with the appropriate federal or state felonies (Social Security fraud, forgery, identity theft, and so on). It could also make greater use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in order to hold employers accountable.
Applying the law equally should not be negotiable. Employers should not be allowed to violate the law with impunity simply because they have greater political and economic power than those they employ. Equal justice requires that both illegal immigrants and their employers be held accountable for the very real and very serious harm that they cause to innocent Americans.
This was supposed to happen during the GHW Bush administration.
This is what was supposed to prevent another amnesty from ever being necessary.
GHW Bush had other ideas. Namely, fundamentally transforming the USA into North Mexico.
Bush League Republicans MUST become extinct before the Republic does.
It would help if an employer could actually terminate someone when they provide something like “12” as a social security number. You can’t fire folks with invalid TINs/ITINs.
Should be handled just like a drug operation. Seize EVERYTHING on site and auction it off. How many D9 dozers will it take to make them not hire an ILLEGAL ALIEN? Not too many would be my guess.
Phat chance.
Implement mandatory E-Verify and most of the 22 MILLION illegals will SELF-DEPORT!!!
I agreed two years ago, and I agree today. I hope President Trump can force the Deep State to do their jobs - that or fire those traitors.
Implement mandatory E-Verify and most of the 22 MILLION illegals will SELF-DEPORT!!!
Precisely! And, cut off the welfare $$.
POOF!! They’re gone!
Hit EVERY machine shop in LA county! Do that and you’ll send a HUGE message to every shop owner south of Sacramento!
This is the tip of an enormous iceberg. Get landscaping done in Texas or a roof put on in California. They are everywhere.
(Law enforcement is a government function; not a private sector function.)
ML/NJ
One problem...it might crash the real estate market. That could be one why the politicians are backing off.
As a start, simply mandate eVerify for all current and future workers. And by all, I mean all, regardless of temp or perm, part or full-time. Check them all. Imagine rooting out 30-60 million illegal aliens, starved for lack of work, leaving the US. A day without Mexicans! Hey, mandate it now and require it be done by May 5th.
There is actually a very simple solution.
1) Structure E-Verify to validate (provide a confirmation code) that shows that the SSN number provided, matches the name and address of the individual.
2) create an appeal process where a person who has had their identity stolen, SSN falsely used, etc can clear their account.
3) During the quarterly tax payment that businesses provide to the IRS, include the E-Verify code for each SSN employed.
4) Do not allow any business deductions until 100% of employees have been verified via the E-verify system and can provide their verification code.
IOW, Businesses that do not use E-verify, get taxed on Revenue, not profit. This will RAPIDLY move businesses to not hire illegals.
Illegals will only be able to survive via the cash economy.
Maybe temporarily. Although....I have noticed the MULTITUDE of apartment buildings being built, in just about EVERY suburban area that I’ve been to, over the past eight years.
Many (most ??) of them are required to have a percent of section 8 units, included.
I wonder if the politicians are getting kickbacks from this ‘program’.
Make a few BIG examples — pick out five businesses and punish them in a very public manner. Tax evasion should be on the table, as they do not pay taxes.
Problem is if one company in a certain business hires illegals, they all have to hire illegals to compete. I know a landscaper that will not hire illegals — he is having a difficult time competing with those that hire illegals. It is not fair to those that want to follow the law.
>>>Make a few BIG examples — pick out five businesses and punish them in a very public manner
He could start with the Trump Organization which has hired illegals at its resorts.
Then fine any employer $100,000. for every illegal on the payroll with mandatory 5 yrs in jail.
“Should be handled just like a drug operation. Seize EVERYTHING on site and auction it off. How many D9 dozers will it take to make them not hire an ILLEGAL ALIEN? Not too many would be my guess.”
But if you took a D9 dozer to a golf course it would probably reduce the amount you would get for it at auction.
RIGHT-—
HUD is known as the most corrupt agency-——
when Trump took over $500 million was unaccounted for......Julian Castro graded HUD under Obama.
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