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Blogger Exposes Gallup Poll Bias Tailor-Made for MSM
A Gallup poll released this week found that a roughly equal number of Americans want to beef up border security and deal with illegal aliens in the U.S. As blogger Micky Kaus notes, the poll never specifies what “deal with” means but that did not stop main stream media outlets like CNN from trumpeting the good news for advocates of a comprehensive amnesty.
Legal Guidelines
Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides detailed procedural requirements that employers must follow before hiring any individual. All employers, regardless of the size of their respective business, must verify the identity and work authorization of every new hire, citizen or alien. This includes reviewing documents which establish the employee's legal identity and his/her elgibility to be employed in the United States. If the employee is being hired for three or fewer days, verification must be done immediately when employment commences.
Making E-Verify Work for Your Business
Section 401 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA - Public Law 104-208) required the federal government to establish pilot programs to verify the employment eligibility of new hires.
Participation in E-Verify is voluntary and has been available for every business in the country since late 2004.
Benefits of E-Verify
The best thing American business owners can do to ensure they stay in line with the law and protect American workers is to use E-Verify. Here are a few of the other benefits to using it.
1) It is easy to use and free for employers.
2) An employer who uses the pilot in good faith cannot be held liable for hiring an illegal alien -- use of the system is an affirmative defense -- or for discrimination because he never has to ask the hire for more or different documents since the computer does all of the checking.
Unsustainable Population Increase
Immigration into the United States fluctuated throughout the 20th century because of varying economic conditions. But the changes made by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 drastically increased the number of immigrants allowed into the United States. The chart below depicts the increase in population per decade during the 20th century with a brief description below of how immigration numbers affected the growth.
Evangelicals Prefer Helping Unemployed Americans Over Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
A Pulse Opinion Research poll sponsored by NumbersUSA of 1,000 Evangelical likely voters found that 57% feel the federal government has very little or no moral responsibility to issue work permits to illegal aliens, but 74% feel the federal government has a lot or some moral responsibility to have an immigration policy that protects unemployed and low-wage workers from foreign worker competition.
Schumer: Discharge Immigration Bill, or Delay Effective Date, to Start House Debate
Sen. Chuck Schumer today said he supports using a discharge petition to get debate moving in the House on the Senate’s comprehensive amnesty bill (S.744). Schumer also suggested another idea for spurring movement on a bill - delaying implementation until after President Obama leaves office.
Fremont, Neb. Votes to Retain Ban on Renting to Illegal Aliens
Voters in Fremont, Nebraska resoundingly defeated an attempt to repeal an ordinance that requires all renters to attest they have legal permission to live in the U.S. Unofficial election results show that the repeal attempt failed by a 60-40 margin.
Farmers Claim Food Prices Will Rise Without Amnesty
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is touting a new report from the American Farm Bureau in response to House Speaker John Boehner's recent statement that "immigration reform" is in jeopardy until Pres. Obama enforces existing immigration laws. The report's supposed shock factor is based on the claim that food prices in the United States will increase 5-6% over the next 5 years with an enforcement-first strategy.