WASHINGTON President Bush plans to ask Congress to fund a system that verifies whether job applicants are legally eligible to work in the United States.
The Associated Press has learned Bush will seek more than 130 (m) million for the plan. He also wants 365 staff positions to operate the nationwide Employment Eligibility Verification system.
A government source told the AP of the plan on condition of anonymity because the president's budget has not been officially released.
Bush is scheduled to send his 2007 budget proposal to Congress on Monday.
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I'm glad of it but still think it's a sop. What do you think?
2006-09-16 17:17:25 · 7 answers · asked by DAR 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Daisy - me too.
2006-09-16 18:13:28 · update #1
It smells like 'guest worker' to me, the House passed a bill to build 700 miles of border fence, not the 2,000 that would fully prevent someone from entering the United States illegally on foot from Mexico. You can't get there from here, if you only go half-way. Illustration: You're setting up to walk a mile, but only go halfway. So now you've walked half a mile. Remaining distance is half a mile. So, you walk half of that. Now you're 3/4 of a mile down the road. Walk half of the remaining 1/4 mile, then half then half then half...you'll get pretty close, but you'll never quite get there, and eventually you'll stop.
Bush and his buddies like 'growth'. They LOVE growth. They think it's the best thing since, well....pick something you think is apt. At any rate, growth is lucrative, at least in the short term, witness the housing boom. Long term, who cares? They won't be in office to have to deal with it...
2006-09-16 22:03:08 · answer #1 · answered by gokart121 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you remember when Bush was first elected he won majority of the Hispanic votes for promising new Immigration laws like the Life Act. He has yet to come through with anything. The second time he also made these promises and did nothing. Now he is wanting money to have someone check millions of undocumented workers...this will not happen either.
2006-09-17 01:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by malcriada24 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If the system can actually be implement, cost effectively and such that answers can come back in a reasonable time, then it might do some good. Companies still have to use it, but there are ways to enforce that.
The only real problem is if the system is not well-designed, it could create a nightmare target for hackers wanting identify theft fodder. So, the system would need to be encrypted to prevent that problem. But that's a technical issue, not a legal one.
2006-09-17 00:28:13 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
As long as this can be implemented asap and not another one of those things that will take years to be put in place. I would really like to see some major, huge sweeps of large corporations who hire illegal immigrants and see some huge fines levied - put the money from the fines towards the cost of this employee verification program.
2006-09-17 01:02:58 · answer #4 · answered by Daisy 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
he has been raping us on a yearly basis since he got into office,and he ai`nt through yet,I believe in the plan,but the budget for it is outrageous, like homeland security...
2006-09-17 00:28:30 · answer #5 · answered by aminuts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is part of what the american public has demanded, hope it works.
2006-09-17 00:21:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
one more step in the right direction
2006-09-17 02:25:56 · answer #7 · answered by hayleylov 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋