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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 keeping workers in the shadows.
• There is currently a federal legislative proposal that will make the E-verify program mandatory for all employers and all workers nationwide.
• E-Verify doesn’t protect jobs, it attacks workers. It allows employers to electronic verify U.S. citizen and non citizen employees’ employment eligibility with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• E-Verify doesn’t help small businesses, it adds to their costs
• Workers are not disposable, we are human!

Workers need real solutions, not more scapegoating. What the country desperately needs is a jobs program that creates new opportunities, enforcement of laws for safe working conditions and adequate pay. We don’t need more policies that score political points and move the country backwards.

If you are in Long Island, New York
Join the National Day of Action Against E-Verify by coming down to King’s office in Massapequa Park (1003 Park Boulevard) on Wednesday, September 14, at 4:30pm. For more information, contact Omar Angel Pérez and Carlos Canales of The Workplace Project at 516-565-5377.

Not in NY? Contact Congress
Take Action NOW: Contact your Senators and Representative by e-mail, phone, FAX or U.S. Mail:

Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121
Or go to the Justice for Immigrants web site here, and send an e-mail to your representatives automatically.

Stay tuned for more info.

Sponsored by:Workplace Project/Centro de Derechos Laborales, Long Island Immigrant Alliance, CARECEN, Long Island Civic Participation Project, SEIU 32BJ.

See also: Globalization and free trade from the CATO institute

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