Jun 12 2008
Shuler’s Immigration Bill May Not Get a Vote
WASHINGTON – Rep. Heath Shuler’s immigration bill got another hearing Tuesday, but time is running out on his plan to require employers to use a government database to screen out unauthorized workers.
Lawmakers acknowledged they needed to do something about the millions of illegal immigrants working in the U.S. But many at a House immigration subcommittee hearing cited numerous problems with mandating that employers use E-Verify, the Department of Homeland Security’s screening database, which currently is voluntary.
No surprise there. The Federal Government has no interest in actually solving this problem. If they did they would have done it years ago. The only reason it is even being discussed is because the American people have forced their hand on it. All those years of Republican control didn’t get the issue resolved and there is no way in Hell the Pelosi Congress will pay the needed attention to it.
