Arizona: E-Verify Proven to Work
Arizona was first. Passing a law that requires all businesses check new hires to make sure they can legally work in the United States using what's known as the e-verify system. Business groups had predicted it would be a disaster and small companies would go under. But now, six and a half months after the law took effect, even the Arizona Chamber of Commerce says it's not so bad after all. Watch CNN Lou Dobbs.
As a certified Designated Agent for the Department of Homeland Security, I can testify that E-Verify is one of the most effective immigration law enforcement tools available. The problem is that the federal government does not make the use of E-Verify mandatory -- it's voluntary -- except in the state of Arizona which requires
that all businesses use E-Verify for all new hires. Three court challenges by business groups have failed to strike down the Arizona Employer-Sanctions law, so now the groups have resorted to the most deceitful tactics -- an initiative that gives the opposite appearance of the truth with this website. A close examination of the proposal reveals that the groups seem to want to make the use of E-Verify mandatory but actually allows employers to hire illegal workers just as they always have. The initiative's wording says "Employers must verify the employment eligibility of the employee through the E-VERIFY program OR SUCH OTHER PROCEDURES AS PROVIDED UNDER 8 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 1324a. That last part means that employers need only file a Form I-9 (with fraudulent data) in their desk drawers just as they always have.
DECEIT
SOME WHO OPPOSE E-Verify:
The ACLU
LULAC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RON PAUL
THE U.S. COMMUNIST PARTY
MAJORITY OF U.S. DEMOCRAT SENATE
AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AMERICAN RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
ILLEGAL ALIENS
MALDEF
LA RAZA
LIBERTARIAN PARTY
L.A. MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA
MAJORITY OF U.S. DEMOCRAT HOUSE
ALL MAJOR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS
