To hear some in Congress tell it, the federal government urgently needs to expand its electronic employment verification system, E-Verify, to all corners of the country and force every business to use it. But a hearing in the House last week raised serious questions about the costs and collateral damage of that expansion, the latest scheme by hard-liners to slam the door shut on unauthorized immigrant workers. ...
Barbara Kennelly, a former Democratic representative from Connecticut and president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, warned at the hearing that forcing Social Security to take on the enormous burden of immigration enforcement would be a harmful diversion from its core mission and could strain the bureaucracy to the breaking point.
May 12, 2008
NY Times Editorial On E-Verify
From today's New York Times:
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“Tom Tancredo, the Republican anti-immigration extremist from Colorado.”
I guess in the eyes of the NY Times, you are an extremist if you want immigration laws enforced.
“the staggering costs to the federal budget — about $40 billion over 10 years,”
When did 4 billion a year of the U.S. government’s budget become a staggering cost.
Can’t seem to find any statement of concern from National Committee to Preserve Social Security regarding SSA doing the Part D subsidy determinations, which is not a core mission.
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