Cathy Reisenwitz on the Dangerous E-Verify Mandate in Immigration Reform

With the
clock ticking on the legislative session, President Obama held a
Roosevelt Room meeting on immigration reform, even as House Speaker
John Boehner dismissed the idea, at least for this year. At issue
is the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” bill. It offers many of America’s
11 million undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship while
still requiring them to pay back taxes. It’s also designed to make
legal immigration easier and illegal immigration more difficult.
Importantly, writes Cathy Reisenwitz, it mandates the use of the
federal government’s intrusive and unreliable E-Verify system,
aimed at cracking down on employers who hire unauthorized
workers.

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