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Illegal work hurts U.S., official says

Immigration changes due, panel is to
BY WAYNE T. PRICE
FLORIDA TODAY

A top U.S. immigration official warned that reforms on who enters, lives and works in this country are inevitable, but many people aren’t going to like the outcome.

Emilio Gonzalez, the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suggested some rather troubling predictions. But then perhaps he has been given the task of testing the water by speaking for others within the government who wish to get a last minute feel for public sentiment before attempting to ram immigration reform through Congress.

He made his statements at a Business Ethics Conference at the Harris Corp. Apparently business ethics only attracted 75 people for the audience. His statements touched three significant concerns on immigration. Illegal immigrants being required to leave the country, amnesty for illegal immigrants and ‘megafines’ for employers hiring illegal immigrants. If the Strive Act is the prototype for this year’s immigration legislation, someone needs to point out where within the text of this legislation is any reference to employers receiving ‘megafines’ for hiring illegals. The bill mentions that employers must make a good faith attempt to verify applicant’s documents. Like that will work.

Saying that illegal immigrants being required to leave is not possible is simply an unsupported statement indicating the inability of politicians to say no to lobbyist money and unwillingness to hold employers accountable. If there really was a ‘megafine’ penalty for employers hiring illegals, the job market for illegal immigrants would dry up and they would leave. And for those who did not leave, the employer ‘megafines’ could pay for removal.

Finally, the statement by Emilio Gonzalez that amnesty hopes will not be realized could simply be an attempt to relax concerns of those opposed to amnesty and a preemptive suggestion that a path to citizenship for lawbreakers is not amnesty when it certainly is. This entire article is proof that all concerned about the government sidestepping this issue again need to harass elected officials in substantial numbers to convince them strict enforcement is the only answer for remaining as a member of Congress beyond 2008.

Stanford Matthews
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