Posted on 10/24/2011 5:58:27 PM PDT by jazusamo
Sen. John Boozman is co-sponsoring a bill that would require every employer in the country to use the E-Verify program to screen for illegal workers - but until earlier this month, the senator himself wasn’t signed up for the system, thus violating a 1996 law that makes its use mandatory for all congressional offices.
The Arkansas Republican wasn’t alone. As of the beginning of this month, seven Senate offices were not signed up to use the system, which lets employers check would-be workers’ Social Security numbers against a government database to determine whether they are in the country legally.
After inquiries by The Washington Times, all seven offices said they are now properly signed up.
“It was an oversight that is being corrected,” said Sara Lasure, a spokeswoman for Mr. Boozman. “As a supporter of E-Verify, Sen. Boozman wants to lead by example and is fully supportive of the program.”
The hiccup, though, underscores the difficulty of devising a successful system for the rest of the country at a time when there is no general agreement on how to revamp the American immigration system and how to find the most cost-effective tools to weed out illegal workers.
E-Verify, which is run by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a branch of the Homeland Security Department, could fit that bill - but the sides also disagree about how to expand it.
House Republicans want to make the system mandatory for all businesses and have advanced a bill to do just that through the Judiciary Committee. They argue that E-Verify would ensure that jobs go only to legal workers.
The Obama administration, however, says E-Verify should be mandated only as part of a broader overhaul of immigration laws that also would legalize the status of millions of current illegal immigrants.
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Pssst...the party the senator belongs to is a secret.
It is obvious to anyone who pays attention that we are no longer a nation of law and order. You are free to follow only the laws you personally believe in.......Obozo and Holder have set the example for three years now.
I guess this is "leading from behind"...
Not sure why you say that. It's in the first sentence of the second paragraph.
No honorable mention of the president not being able to pass an e-verify check?
We don’t mention his middle name either.
They should publically demonstrate it on cspan by running all of obama’s social security numbers through it.
As with everything.
The person trying to land a minimum wage job will have to follow the rules, but anyone who has status will be waved on through.
This is why mandates are bad. It’s a good way to cripple people you don’t like while giving yourself a pass.
whoopsie daisy
I kind of find it difficult to believe Boozman would knowingly or even suspectingly bring illegales onto his staff — redneck Republicans just don’t DO that — but still, this is embarrassing.
It's not about whether he hired illegals or not.
It's about him following the law.
The law that he promoted.
” It is obvious to anyone who pays attention that we are no longer a nation of law and order. You are free to follow only the laws you personally believe in.......Obozo and Holder have set the example for three years now.”
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Boner & McConnell follow the status quo.....lay low, and get re-elected. Sickening....Obama should have been exposed on ALL fronts from day one!
I stand corrected. Thanks.
Well, I’d think he has fixed that little oversight by now. Legislators who get too pen happy need to be careful lest they trip their own selves up by mistake.
(And I’m not necessarily talking about that particular law, but the thousands of lines of fluff that accompanied it in this legislator’s output. The more hay, the harder it is to notice the needle in the stack.)
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