If they really wanted to, your representatives in Washington could dry up illegal immigration almost before you could say, "Tom Tancredo is a tiresome demagogue." All they would have to do is require U.S. employers to check the legal status of all employees and impose stiff sanctions — including multimillion-dollar fines and prison time — on employers who flout the law...Isn't such political corruption extremely dangerous to the future of this country? Shouldn't the AJC then begin reporting on that, shaming our leaders, and trying to force them to follow the law rather than to invent new laws that will be easier for them not to follow? I'm sure she'll get around to that any day now.
...[Congress] doesn't want to solve the problem. Your political leaders like to rant about the broken immigration system, but they have no intention of fixing it.
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Comments
" There's no secret to fixing systems problems: Put resources on it"
The political cure-all: got a problem? Throw some money at it. Pathetic!
Posted by: Ralph at Apr 16, 2006 1:57 PM
I worked in IT for over 35 years and any major system has problems when first brought up. If the government wanted to iron out those problems, then it could be done. There's no secret to fixing systems problems: Put resources on it. There are HUGE systems that are used to combat crime nationwide and we have all seen our credit cards or personal checks verified at check-out stands. These systems were considered important enough to make them work, and they do. This system can be made to work as well.
The biggest problem is that businesses don't want to have to do paperwork and be held accountable and they have been allowed to get away with this for too many years. Every year, the IRS sends out numerous letters to employers noting that the Social Security numbers that they have given for some employees do not appear to be correct. Many don't even respond. Here's a good place to start. If XXXXXXXXX Construction Co. sends in bad SSN's for several years, check it out. Chances are it's employing illegals.
After all it was tax laws that finally got Al Capone. When a few chamber-of-commerce types start making perp walks, most of the rest will take notice.
Posted by: D Flinchum at Apr 10, 2006 12:55 AM
It's not that easy.
A 2005 GAO report found some serious problems in the pilot project. The report said that these problems could be resolved, but nevertheless they would have to be ironed out before all employers can use it.
Posted by: Ralph at Apr 9, 2006 3:32 AM