Nick Leiber writes for Bloomberg: Two years ago the Asheville, N.C., rumor mill lit up with speculation that local flower wholesaler Van Wingerden International was hiring undocumented workers. To ensure that he take on only legal employees, co-owner Bert Lemkes enrolled the $20 million business in E-Verify, a federal program…
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From the The Center for American Progress: This week the House Judiciary Committee will be marking up a bill to make E-Verify, the government’s Internet-based system that checks whether prospective employees are authorized to work, mandatory for all employers in the United States. E-Verify is an immigration enforcement tool—it is…
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Today’s blip in time: US Poverty Rate: 1 in 6 Blackwater Video Game Republicans block disaster relief package Same-old: God-fearing righteous Republicans believe sick people should die 9/14: Tomorrow is National Day of Action to oppose the E-verify bill The WH two-page summary of the Obama jobs bill 65-page slideshow…
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On September 14th immigrant advocates around the country are coordinating a national day of action against the proposed E-Verify bill in congress. E-Verify is a sinister combination of Arizona’s immigration policy with Wisconsin’s approach to labor. Under this legislation, unscrupulous bosses would have one more tool for busting unions and…
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