Rep. Massie talks E-Verify

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We don't need it.

 

[foolsgold]

Gotta hand it to DeSantis he isn't shy about making changes.
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The future of this off-the-books labor force today sits in limbo due to a recently approved immigration law.

Conservative Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on May 10 signed what he called the "strongest anti-illegal immigration bill in the nation" to bar undocumented workers from taking jobs in the southern US state.

Starting July 1, businesses with 25 or more employees will be required to use the federal E-Verify system to check the legal status of all new employees.


Businesses would face heavy fines for defying the law and employing undocumented migrants.

Florida law puts a brake on hiring of undocumented workers

Benjamin Perez cleans houses in Miami for a living.He lives in downtown Miami with his Nicaraguan wife and a nephew of hers, Joel Altamirano.

news.yahoo.com

 

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Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Secure the Border Act of 2023. Among other things, the bill would mandate that all employers use the E‑Verify program to prove that their new hires have federal authorization to work. A coalition of conservative advocacy organizations praised this provision because it would “turn off the ‘jobs magnet’ for illegal immigration.”

But is this good? Should the U.S. government really have the power to “turn off jobs”? The answer for people who believe in limited government is clearly no. The government in a free society should not have the power to decide who can work; free people shouldn’t have to request permission to work; and the founders of this country could not possibly have imagined a scenario where the federal government held a kill switch for everyone’s right to earn a living.

E‑Verify attempts to be a form of electronic national identification. Currently, it just runs a person’s name and Social Security Number against government databases. But the government is already incorporating photo IDs into the program, and it is only a matter of time before that becomes mandatory as well. The Secure the Border Act of 2023 mandates the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pilot additional, possibly biometric, verification mechanisms as well.

Mandatory E‑Verify would create a centralized electronic record of all your employment activity, and the inevitable expansion to other economic and social activities would locate within DHS a comprehensive surveillance tool unlike any in the history of the United States. Unlike passive surveillance systems, E‑Verify could quickly be used to “turn off” the rights of people targeted by the government.
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More:

https://www.cato.org/blog/should-government-have-power-turn-jobs

 

[Joe King]

I got an idea better than e-verify.

Instead of making us jump through hoops just to exercise our own Rights, how 'bout the gov just do its job by enforcing the border and kicking all the f'ing illegals out already?

 

[CiscoKid]

I got an idea better than e-verify.

Instead of making us jump through hoops just to exercise our own Rights, how 'bout the gov just do its job by enforcing the border and kicking all the f'ing illegals out already?

How about we kill all federal subsidies for illegals. The very first thing they do when they get here is sign up for every free benefit they can find. Cut off all free taxpayer money and they will either find work or self-deport.

 

[Joe King]

How about we kill all federal subsidies for illegals.

That too.