This amendment would simply use information that is already required by the Social Security Administration. The opportunity to work in the United States has acted like a magnet. drawing hundreds and thousands to this country. Unfortunately. many of those who have come to this country seeking employment have skirted our legal immigration system and have made a mockery of our current laws. This amendment is about jobs. American jobs. Those that come to this country illegally should not be granted the opportunity to take the jobs of American workers. and recent studies demonstrate that illegal aliens often take Jobs that could otherwise be filled by American workers. Our amendment allows an easy. reliable enforcement mechanism for verifying worker eligibility. Now for the past decade employers have been prohibited from knowingly hiring illegal aliens. To verify new hires. current law requires employers to check the identity and work eligibility documents of all new employees. The system. the current one for verifying worker eligibility. has been a complete failure. Not only has the current system failed to discourage legal aliens from seeking jobs in America. but it also has turned employers into de facto INS agents. and without the means to effectively determine a workers eligibility. employers have had to face a doubleedged sword. If they hire an illegal alien to work for them. well. employers are faced with civil penalties imposed by the Federal Government. If they question a prospective employee about their eligibility. employers face the possibility of a lawsuit charging discrimination. Further adding to this dilemma. the easy availability of counterfeit documents has made verification of authentic documents a Joke.
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