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February 03, 2010 Does Campaign Finance Ruling Opens the Door For Business Push on Amnesty? Keith Nelle with the California Independent Voter Network says the recent ruling on campaign finance may have opened the door for a business push for amnesty. "With businesses' and unions' newfound ability to spend on political campaigns, will they now demand a more "business friendly" approach to immigration reform as well? . . . Will the lure of money pull conservatives towards the center or will they reject it and risk alienating business on the precipice of an election year?"
E-Verify Should Be Made Mandatory And Universal "A northern Idaho senator is trying for a fourth year to toughen punishments for businesses that employ illegal workers, against opposition from the dairy and construction industries that say this should be a federal issue. At the heart of the disagreement: E-Verify, the currently voluntary federal system that lets businesses check on a worker's status," the Associated Press reported. "Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, is pushing to require Idaho employers to use the system to root out illegal workers he says cost Idaho millions of dollars. Those found guilty of knowingly hiring illegal workers would face fines of up to $50,000 and the loss of their business licenses. Jorgenson has the backing of the Federation of American Immigration Reform, a group trying to convince U.S. Congress to reduce immigration."
Baltimore Council Approves E-Verify Resolution The Balitmore County Council passed 6-0 a resolution calling for the county to put in place an E-Verify mandate for county contractors. "'The point we are trying to make is, American jobs for Americans and Baltimore County jobs for Baltimore Countians and the people of the state of Maryland,' said Buddy Cefalu, president of the Mid-Atlantic States District Council of Iron Workers, during a Jan. 26 council work session," the Towson Times reported.
ABA Report: Stop Prosecuting People Who Will Get Amnesty Under Obama The American Bar Association has produced a report claiming that the DHS should stop trying to deport people who would be eligible for an amnesty, should one pass this year. "The report criticizes DHS for deporting legal permanent residents for minor or misdemeanor infractions, initiating deportation measures against immigrants eligible for permanent resident status, and detaining illegal immigrants far from their homes and, sometimes, their legal counsel," Fox News says.
Perry, Hutchinson Discuss Immigration During Texas Gov. Debate "The issue of illegal immigration was front and center for a few moments during Friday night's debate for the GOP nomination for governor. Governor Perry lashed out at Washington and, by extension, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, for doing nothing to keep illegal immigrants out of Texas. Ironically, during the same debate, Perry was also forced to defend his support of in-state college tuition for the children of illegal immigrants," says Scott Braddock with TexasGopVote.com.
Unskilled Workers Flood In Despite High Unemployment The Baltimore Sun discusses the high level of unskilled immigration in a story about the H-2B and other immigration programs. "About 15 million Americans are unemployed. Yet Washington allows businesses to bring in about 1 million foreigners a year to take supposedly short-term jobs that many jobless would leap at taking if they could," the Sun says. "This year, the H-2B program alone will let more than 100,000 lower-skilled foreign workers come to the U.S. as 'temporary, seasonal, nonagricultural guest workers.' Businesses like the program because the foreigners, who need the jobs in order to stay in the U.S., 'shut up and do what they are told,' says Mr. Krikorian [of the Center for Immigration Studies]."
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