Workforce Management
June 17, 2009
In a speech, new Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement John Morton defends E-Verify, saying that it instantly confirms 97 percent of queries. But he acknowledges that the 3 percent rejection rate, in addition to the detection of unauthorized workers, could signal problems with the system.
While cracking down on companies that flout immigration laws, the Obama administration wants to extend simultaneously a hand of friendship to those playing by the rules, according to the newly appointed official in charge of work-site enforcement.
John Morton, assistant secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Department of Homeland Security, reiterated in a speech Tuesday, June 16, in Arlington, Virginia, the administration’s policy of pursuing criminal prosecutions against employers who knowingly hire illegal workers.
But Morton, who has been on the job for four weeks, also said that he wants to work with companies that are fastidious about compliance.
“I want employers to view ICE as a true partner to find ways to stay within the law,” he said in a speech at an American Council on International Personnel conference. “As we move forward, I hope we have a much better relationship.”
A source of tension between employers and the Department of Homeland Security is an electronic employment verification system called E-Verify. About 128,000 employers have voluntarily signed up to use the mechanism, which checks new-hire information against DHS and Social Security databases.
But many employer groups, including the American Council on International Personnel, have criticized E-Verify, saying it is inaccurate, inefficient and unable to detect identity theft. The HR Initiative for a Legal Workforce has endorsed legislation that would institute an alternative electronic verification system.
Morton defended E-Verify, saying that it instantly confirms 97 percent of queries. But he acknowledged that the 3 percent rejection rate, in addition to the detection of unauthorized workers, could signal problems with the system.
“There are a lot of people who are abundantly aware of the criticisms,” Morton said. “They are trying to address them. There is a commitment to getting E-Verify right. We think E-Verify, while recognizing it has some issues, is a good working model.”
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In the 1986 BLANKET AMNESTY, hundreds of thousands of more poor, uneducated people tried to sneak into the United States before the new law was enacted? Then when the word went out that another imminent AMNESTY was in the works , millions more from every corner of the world, but mainly over our border began bringing themselves across the open border-no matter the cost? The Simpson/Mazzoli bill twenty three years ago was to give guest workers a chance of citizenship, but it became inundated with fraudulent immigration petitions. Their was a black market for papers, including landlord documents, utility bills for illegal aliens who hadn't been in America, for the specific time required by the act. The 2 million illegal immigrants who petitioned for residency, turned into about 5 million--who in turn were allowed to sponsor their extended families.
So all those who came here under--CHAIN MIGRATION--fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, eventually became the financial charges of US taxpayers, when their original sponsors reneged on supporting them all. With the American jobless rate nearing 11 percent, what are these politicians possibly thinking, when discussing yet another immigration AMNESTY? Their is no possible gain for the betterment of the American people, as they have been carrying the financial yoke of supporting the illegal labor of nationwide businesses and contractors to this day? Now they want to stick the US population with even higher taxes to subsidize the corporate world?
None of these predatory legislators follow the US Constitution anymore, as all they think about is being re-elected, with campaign contributions from the corporate benefactors.
They show no integrity, no loyalty and boarders on tyranny when our Democratic leaders such as Sen. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi followed by an equally anti-sovereignty group, try to secretly forestall or even kill the E-Verify federal identity application. The ACLU, enforced by the US Chamber of Commerce tried to pitch the E-Verify success rate in the trash. But the American people got wind of it and have no intentions of letting go, as it's the only progressive tool to eject illegal workers from the workplace. The Pro-illegal labor special interest lobby, do not even inform the general public that irregularities can be resolved with the Social Security Administration? It's the federal location where illegal aliens, will not set foot into, as they would be justifiably be detained.
The majority of Democrats have already started a wretched campaign to undermine workplace ICE raids and also chosen to underfund 287 (g) the local police arrest and detain enforcement. Every law that reasonable, honest lawmakers have drafted during the Bush era is being undermined or under funded. Where E-Verify is concerned in the Save act amendment, they have even removed it's mandatory use in the Stimulus bill, allowing contractors to hire at least 300.000 illegal workers meant for jobless Americans. The race is on now for a portion of citizens and green card residents to determine what they want? Another Blanket Amnesty with all it's conditions will cause unmentionable OVERPOPULATION of some 150 million more people in our country, with the consequences of higher taxes and shortages of food and even more poverty that's brought upon ourselves. Facts at NUMBERSUSA. JUDICIALWATCH AND AMERICANPATROL.
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