Oct
11
Take note, Alabama. Over the weekend, Governor Jerry Brown signed two immigration bills that seek to boost California’s struggling economy, rather than saddle it and small businesses with costly enforcement programs. Governor Brown signed the “Employment Acceleration Act of 2011” (AB 1236), a bill that prohibits the state from requiring employers to use E-Verify, as …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/11/governor-jerry-brown-signs-immigration-bills-that-help-not-hurt-california%e2%80%99s-economy/
Sep
26
BY TYLER MORAN, NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER While Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) promises that his mandatory E-Verify legislation (HR 2885) is a jobs creation bill, the mark-up of the bill in the House Judiciary Committee last week proved that it is anything but. Though the bill passed the committee by a 22-13 party line vote, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/26/despite-lamar-smith%e2%80%99s-claims-e-verify-is-not-a-jobs-bill/
Sep
20
Rep. Lamar Smith may find himself whistling in the wind this week as members of his own party continue to blast his E-Verify proposal. Smith’s bill, The “Legal Workforce Act” H.R. 2885, which continues to get marked up this week by the House Judiciary Committee, would make E-Verify mandatory nationwide. Conservative lawmakers, Tea Partiers, and …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/20/mandatory-e-verify-an-enforcement-proposal-even-conservatives-don%e2%80%99t-like/
Sep
15
Facing opposition from the left and the right, Rep. Lamar Smith appears to be willing to do and say just about anything to pass his “Legal Workforce Act,” (H.R. 2885), which would make E-Verify mandatory for all U.S. businesses. Smith continues to tout E-Verify as a magic bullet that will create jobs for millions of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/15/lamar-smith%e2%80%99s-e-verify-arguments-defy-logic-and-evidence/
Sep
08
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has added a novel new twist to his anti-immigrant agenda: letting more immigrant workers into the country. In defiance of logic, the man who believes that immigrants merely steal jobs from U.S. citizens now wants to import migrant agricultural workers. At a hearing today of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/08/lamar-smith-introduces-new-agricultural-twist-to-his-anti-immigrant-agenda/
Aug
04
Much like farmers in Georgia who are experiencing labor shortages due to HB 87—the state’s new immigration law which mandates use of E-Verify—growers in Washington state fear that a similar, national E-Verify bill will have a devastating economic impact on the state’s agricultural workforce. This week, the Washington Growers League said that a national E-Verify …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/04/washington-farmers-fear-economic-impact-of-national-e-verify-bill/
Jul
07
This week, business and agricultural communities across the U.S. continued the fight against mandatory E-verify, an electronic verification system requiring employers to use a federal database to verify the immigration status of employees. Over the weekend, thousands of protestors marched on Georgia’s state capitol to protest HB 87—a bill which contains mandatory E-Verify—adding their voice …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/07/oregon-business-community-latest-to-join-fight-against-national-e-verify-bill/
Jul
06
Just days after part of Georgia’s immigration law, HB 87, went into effect, farmers in the Peach State are panicking over how they will find enough workers to harvest their crops—some of which are already starting to spoil. Although a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction enjoining two key provisions of HB 87 last month, …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/06/restrictive-immigration-law-continues-to-threaten-georgia%e2%80%99s-farming-industry/
Jul
05
Last month, Rep. Lamar Smith introduced the “Legal Workforce Act of 2011” (H.R. 2164), a bill which would make the E-Verify system mandatory for all employers within three years. While the Smith bill version of mandatory E-Verify has been criticized for snagging U.S. citizens and legal workers, burdening employers with additional costs and not actually …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/05/the-difference-between-e-verify-in-a-comprehensive-immigration-reform-bill-and-e-verify-alone/
Jun
15
Here we go again with the next round of “how we’re going to look tough on immigration without actually accomplishing anything.” This year, mandatory E-Verify is the magic bullet of choice. On Tuesday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced the “Legal Workforce Act,” which would expand the E-Verify program, making it mandatory for …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/06/15/making-e-verify-mandatory-will-not-magically-solve-our-immigration-woes/
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