I hope he doesnt insist upon it. but if he does. I certainly understand. as we share. I think. the same goal of cracking down on illegal aliens. What this amendment does. Mr. Chairman. is say that if you sell or contract or do business with the Federal Government. then you need to be part of the Social Security verification project known as the Basic Pilot. And the Basic Pilot program is a tool for employers to verify the Social Security numbers of employees. We all know that the Federal Government is one of the worst offenders of hiring contractors and subcontractors who in turn hire illegal aliens and do a lot of government work. We also know that since the inception of ICE. the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. Julie Myers. the head of it. has stated that there have been hundreds and hundreds of arrests at military installations. power plants. chemical plants. sensitive facilities. and truly this would include a lot of the agencies and a lot of the contractors in work that is done in the Department of Interior for work on our national parks and other land areas. There was one very highprofile case where a defense contractor had hired illegal aliens to work in a shipyard in Mississippi. another one at an Air Force base in North Carolina. and another one at a Marine base in Virginia. Those are more defense oriented. but this would certainly apply to all Federal agencies. The success of this program. though. is that 92 percent of the prospective employees have their Social Security number verified within seconds of the work authorization.
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