Do I have to follow an additional system of "checking off" eligibility of these 200 or so job applicants before I allow them to begin work which may need to be completed within two days or one week? Again. the answer is yes under this bill. In addition. it would be more realistic and more convenient for INS officials to neglect border enforcements in favor of detecting technical violatorsthe employer who does not have the time or the resources to verify every potential employees legal status. the employer who knows absolutely that he has American citizens working for him and therefore chooses not to comply with the verification procedure. or the employer who simply does not know that he must verify his employees eligibility and retain those documents. Employers would be found who did not comply. These provisions are unreasonable in their demands and illogical in their requirements. There is no rational justification for shifting to the private sector the Federal Governments responsibility to uncover our Nations illegal aliens. The ultimate losers under this bill are the employer who. for the reasons given above. fails to comply with this section and the potential employee who. regardless of his willingness or suitability for a particular job. is denied the chance to work because he or she has an alien surname or is "foreignlooking." Bear in mind that an employer under S. 2222 must reasonably believe that whatever documents are presented to him by the applicant are genuine in order for the employer to be safe from prosecution. The potential for discrimination is great since the employer himself has the burden to show that he did not hire an illegal.
Identified stereotypes
Foreign looking people are assumed to be illegal immigrants.