[Happy2BMe]

Immigration reform is an absolute joke.

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Since 1986, federal immigration law has required businesses to verify that their employees are legally entitled to work here.

But federal officials have not devoted the manpower or resources necessary to enforce that law, the General Accountability Office report concludes.

[Happy2BMe]

Can you believe the gubmint actually has the guts to print these dismal numbers?

Instead of improving/increasing immigration reform/controls, our fearless leaders have actually almost abandoned them.

The very least they could have done was informed us of it.

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And enforcement efforts have decreased in recent years. The report found that:

* In 1999, INS devoted about 9 percent of its agent investigative work years to worksite enforcement. In 2003, that dropped to 4 percent.

* In 1999, INS issued 417 notices that it intended to fine an employer. In 2003, ICE issued three such notices.

* In 1999, there were 2,849 workplace arrests of unauthorized workers. In 2003 there were 445.

[savedbygrace]

When local police start a program to arrest the johns, rather than the hookers, prostitution dips.

THe feds should target businesses that hire illegals, and hand out large fines. Might put a dent in this huge problem.

[trubluolyguy]

Shocking. Just shocking.

Couldn't because profits are more important that border security could it? Naw! Businessmen and women and politicians couldn't be THAT corrupt could they? LOL!

(sarcasm off)

[gubamyster]

ping

[Osage Orange]

They are only taking the jobs....Americans don't want.

[Spiff]

Dereliction of duty. Someone needs to be fired and criminally charged.

[raybbr]

The newest tool employers have been given to help check an employee's identity is called the Basic Pilot Program. Employers enter the prospective workers name and Social Security number into a computer database, and the Social Security Administration says whether it's valid.

This means nothing. If the illegal is using the name that matches the SS# then it comes up as okay.

We should be forcing employers to validate citizenship.

[Itzlzha]

WASHINGTON - (KRT) Making sure that employers are hiring only legal residents has been a low priority for federal officials, despite the fact that U.S. workplaces are magnets for illegal immigration, according to a congressional watchdog agency report.

Since 1986, federal immigration law has required businesses to verify that their employees are legally entitled to work here. But federal officials have not devoted the manpower or resources necessary to enforce that law, the General Accountability Office report concludes.

"Under the former INS and now ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement,) worksite enforcement has been a relatively low priority," says the report, which was released Wednesday.

And enforcement efforts have decreased in recent years.

"I'm SHOCKED!"

So much for how WONDERFUL the '86 AMNESTY was...boy can I feel the 2005 SHAMNESTY coming...

[skeeter]

If the next terrorist strike is attributable to leaky borders in any way, the resulting press treatment of this administration will make their Katrina related coverage of it look positively glowing.

[Terabitten]

What say you?