The E-Verify is the central data base now and it is very flawed. You and I both know that some employers look the other way and even pay cash. You aren't going to stop that completely with any system. I do believe the majority of employers do due deligence in trying to follow the law. Do you verify the legal status or take out taxes on your lawn guy, handy man, babysitter, pool man...
The immigration issue goes beyond employers and employees. Let's face facts. A sweeping amnesty bill would break this country.
I'll say this and it may surprise you. I think Arizona has every right to protect their borders. On the other hand, I know why illegals, and I don't mean the drug cartel, just every day normal people, risk their lives to come here. This country is great. It means freedom and everything that comes with it. The poorest of our poor are better off than the illegals who risk their lives to come here and they want what we have. I honestly don't have a problem with that.
Most of them don't want to be Americans. They want to work and send money home. As long as they don't get caught up in our hand-out welfare system, that is fine by me. The problem is, so many bleeding hearts think that by offering them a hand-out, it is a hand-up and it really isn't. The free enterprise system works. Let it alone.
But off course people have to have fantasies of them being abused and used and get the unions involved. Please, if they can cross the border and make it this far, they can take care of themselves with a dishonest employer exploiting them. It's more money than many people in their countries will see in a lifetime.
You may not like it but it is the truth. I know there are exceptions to every rule. If you want the privileges of America without the lower than minimum wages or exploitations that come with being an illegal worker, come to America the right way and do it legally.
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