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Survey of Our Website Users Finds Overwhelming Enthusiastic Support for Lamar Smith’s E-Verify Bill

By Roy Beck

During vigorous discussion in the Comments sections of our website, readers have suggested that we poll NumbersUSA faxers on their assessment of Rep. Lamar Smith’s national mandatory E-Verify bill (H.R. 2164). So, we emailed a survey to NumbersUSA’s million-plus faxers early this week.  The results show overwhelmingly enthusiastic support for Lamar Smith’s Legal Workforce Act … Continued

Tancredo Endorses Lamar Smith’s National E-Verify Bill (H.R. 2164)

By Roy Beck

Former Congressman Tom Tancredo — the leader most publicly known as the champion against illegal immigration over the last decade — today endorsed the Lamar Smith H.R. 2164 Legal Workforce Act.  He said the bill is what “immigration-enforcement patriots have been demanding for over a decade.” In a column for World Net Daily, Tancredo directly addressed criticisms by some … Continued

H.R. 2164 Has SIX AGGRESSIVE TOOLS To End ‘Grandfather-Amnesty Loophole’ for Existing Illegal-Alien Workers

By Roy Beck

H.R. 2164 – the Legal Workforce Act – is exceptional in the way it not only tries to prevent employers from HIRING illegal aliens but in the many aggressive ways it will search out and order the FIRING of millions of illegal aliens in their current jobs. This bill that is working its way to … Continued

Open-Borders Groups in Panic That ‘Chairman’s E-Verify Bill’ Will Result in Massive Loss of Illegal Alien Jobs

By Roy Beck

One way to judge the likely effectiveness of Chairman Lamar Smith’s national mandatory E-Verify bill is the panic it has caused among the nation’s biggest promoters of illegal immigration.  They attack Rep. Smith’s bill because they say it will take the incomes away from large swaths of America’s illegal population.  Well, I guess that’s the … Continued

E-Verify Hearing Becomes a Discussion of Who Supports America’s Unemployed and Who Supports Illegal Alien Workers

By Jonathan Osborne

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement hosted a hearing Wednesday morning on E-Verify, specifically H.R.2164, the Legal Workforce Act. H.R.2164 was introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith of Texas on June 14, 2011 and would, among other things, make E-Verify mandatory and permanent after a three year phase-in period. The Congressmen … Continued

‘Chairman’s E-Verify Bill’ A Giant Increase Over States-Only Approach In Moving Illegal Aliens Out Of U.S. Jobs

By Roy Beck

Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Arizona’s mandatory E-Verify law, we at NumbersUSA have heard a modest but steady stream of comments from people questioning if it wouldn’t be better to skip having a national E-Verify law and stick with state laws to push illegal aliens out of U.S. jobs. Certainly, … Continued

Business Lobbyists Finally Getting Out of Way of National E-Verify

By Roy Beck

The most important national E-Verify bill ever introduced is expected to be announced tomorrow by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. After 15 years, the concept of every legitimate U.S. job going to an American (or legal immigrant already here) finally has a chance to make it into law, significantly … Continued

It is time for the media to report what E-Verify actually does

By Jeremy Beck

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Arizona’s mandatory E-Verify law, the press should turn its attention to reporting what actually happens when states require employers to verify the work eligibility of their new hires. Until now, most of the coverage has been focused on hypotheticals and “fears” of what mandatory E-Verify might do, … Continued

NPR’s E-Verify Court Coverage: Fanning the Flames with Falsehoods

By Jeremy Beck

The errors in National Public Radio’s coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision to uphold Arizona’s E-Verify law were so blatant and verifiable that the segment would have made a good candidate for one of NPR’s famous April Fools Day reports. But the falsehoods that listeners heard in the “All Things Considered” segment are … Continued