ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO GET 300,000 STIMULUS JOBS
March 30, 2009
Press Release
Today Congressman Ken Calvert issued the following statement in response to the USA Today article "Illegal Immigrants Might Get Stimulus Jobs, Expert Says," (03/09/2009):
"It is wrong that Pelosi and Reid stripped the E-Verify provisions from the stimulus and as predicted, illegal immigrants will most likely get jobs created by the stimulus bill -- a bill being paid for by hard working Americans and legal residents.
"Unemployment is 8.1% nationally and over 12% in parts of my congressional district: it is unconscionable that while Americans continue to suffer, Congress failed to provide assurance that the jobs created by the so-called stimulus will require employers to check the legal work status of employees.
"The American people and legal residents must be our priority, especially during tough economic times and I call on Congress to pass both a long-term reauthorization of E-Verify and legislation making use of E-Verify mandatory."
Rep. Calvert, the original author of legislation that created E-Verify in 1996, is the lead Republican co-sponsor of H.R. 662, a bipartisan bill to provide a five year reauthorization of E-Verify. A similar bill passed the 110th Congress 407 to 2 but was held up in the Senate. Rep. Calvert is the sponsor of H.R. 19 which would make use of E-Verify mandatory for all employers in the United States.
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"It is wrong that Pelosi and Reid stripped the E-Verify provisions from the stimulus and as predicted, illegal immigrants will most likely get jobs created by the stimulus bill -- a bill being paid for by hard working Americans and legal residents.
"Unemployment is 8.1% nationally and over 12% in parts of my congressional district: it is unconscionable that while Americans continue to suffer, Congress failed to provide assurance that the jobs created by the so-called stimulus will require employers to check the legal work status of employees.
"The American people and legal residents must be our priority, especially during tough economic times and I call on Congress to pass both a long-term reauthorization of E-Verify and legislation making use of E-Verify mandatory."
Rep. Calvert, the original author of legislation that created E-Verify in 1996, is the lead Republican co-sponsor of H.R. 662, a bipartisan bill to provide a five year reauthorization of E-Verify. A similar bill passed the 110th Congress 407 to 2 but was held up in the Senate. Rep. Calvert is the sponsor of H.R. 19 which would make use of E-Verify mandatory for all employers in the United States.
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