Illegal immigration bill would require Social Security verification for all jobs

Posted on Monday, May. 19, 2008
Illegal immigration bill would require Social Security verification for all jobs
By ROB HOTAKAINEN
WASHINGTON For critics, it’s an Orwellian nightmare: the government signing off on every single hiring decision made in the United States.
For backers, it’s the only logical way to discourage illegal immigrants, one using the nation’s only existing, all-encompassing — and currently flawed — database to block unlawful employment entering the country.

Under it, 55 million new hires each year in the U.S. would be scrutinized for fraudulent Social Security numbers. Rep. Dennis Moore, a Kansas Democrat and one of 32 co-sponsors of the New Employee Verification Act, on Monday noted: “Everyone agrees that illegal immigration is a major problem that the federal government must address.

In addition to strengthening our border security, we need an employment verification system that works. We also need to crack down on employers that knowingly exploit these illegal immigrants.”
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