... Verification and Enforcement Act" (SAVE Act). Per this it would:
* Require employers to use the federal government's E-Verify database to make sure they're hiring legal workers.
* Increase the number of Border Patrol agents by 6,000.
* Create a pilot program to increase aerial surveillance and use other new technology to secure the border.
* Hire more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents...
The US Chamber of Commerce spent almost $10 million on lobbying in the first quarter of 2009 for all issues combined. The Associated Press enumerates the issues here:
The government's $700 billion financial rescue package and Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, were among the high-profile issues the Chamber lobbied on during the first quarter... The group also lobbied on: union organizing,...
... responds to citizen input on the SAVE Act and her related push to increase volunteerism. This is part of the Youtube effort called "Senate Hub" in which users submit questions which are then answered by various senators (youtube.com/user/senatehub). At post time there doesn't appear to be much happening there; no questions are viewable despite it saying that a few dozen had been submitted.
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... and Enforcement Act of 2007 or SAVE Act. The bill didn't pass, but it shows that the outlay for eVerify would be about $12 billion over ten years. e-Verify would also result in the federal government losing about $17 billion over ten years from the moral hazard of taxation on money that was earned illegally; while a significant amount, the government shouldn't be in the business of profiting...