Speech #1040190335

That is too many to absorb and assimilate in the communities where they are settling. They are settling in very specific communities. and they are having negative social and cultural impacts on those communities. The only way to solve the illegal immigration problem is to cut the magnet of jobs. which is the reason they are coming. About half are coming as visa overstays. so no matter how many Border Patrol you put on the border. you cannot stop the flow of illegals here. The only way to do that is to make employer sanctions work. That has been a provision in law since 1986. that says it Is illegal for an employer to knowingly hire an Illegal alien. The reason that has not been working is because of fraudulent documents. because the employer has not been able and the Immigration Service has not been able to enforce that law. I am going to offer a very simple amendment here shortly that is going to go to that problem on the Social Security card. which will be one of the six cards. one of the six documents that we will have to choose from when you go to seek a job. to show that you are eligible for employment after this bill passes. I think what we need to do is simply require the Social Security Administration to make the Social Security card. which is the most counterfeited document in the country. be as secure against counterfeiting as the $100 bill and as proofed against fraudulent use as the passport.