Yesterday I received the latest e-newsletter from my state legislators. I was mostly about unemployment and the kindly asked for responses.
So I obliged with a few steps we could take to address unemployment, reduced wages, illegal immigration and the overcrowding of our city/county jail... all at the same time.
I sent the same suggestions to my state and federal legislative delegations.
1. A fine on hiring illegals. Here in Idaho, if a dairy is raided and illegals are hauled away, there is no penalty on the employer. A few day later, after using US citizens as temporary workers, they restaff with illegals.
I really like the British penalty for hiring illegals:
2. Require the Social Security Administration to notify people when someone else is using their SSN. It’s an “Identity Theft” issue.
New York Times story:
3. Deport any Illegal when arrested:
Tennessee’s 287-G Program
The only response I got was, "do you have any proof?"
About 10 years ago, I was an employer with about a dozen illegals working for me. I can tell you that I got a notice from Social Security that the names and SSNs did not match and the repercussions were non-existant.
I think it would be a good 60 Minutes report and following the dairies, or landscapers or roofing companies would be a good place to start.
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