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    • Make E-Verify Work
      News-Record   09/02/2008
      Last week's raid of a manufacturing plant in Mississippi put the spotlight back on illegal immigration. Netting almost 600, it's the biggest immigration raid ever made on a U.S. plant.
    • Verifying Employment
      Las Vegas Review-Journal  09/02/2008
      A voluntary federal program called "E-Verify" has been a cornerstone in the Bush administration's fight against illegal immigration. Employers willing to join up would be able to run would-be employees through an instant electronic check, confirming the validity of their Social Security cards and other forms of American identification.
    • Fixes May Make E-Verify More Usable for Business
      Tucson Citizen  08/06/2008
      The federal identification program at the heart of Arizona's employer sanctions law has a new life - but with badly needed checks and improvements.
    • Immigration, Unreformed
      The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)  07/14/2008
      Months after Congress failed to pass a comprehensive immigration bill, the illegal immigration crisis hasn't gone away. It's just splintered into a thousand pieces many of them with sharp edges.
    • Mandate Would Hurt Legal Workers Most
      Miami Herald  05/02/2008
      At first glance, the idea seems appealing: Require businesses to use E-Verify, a federal system that checks whether an employee may legally work in this country. Several bills in Congress propose just that. After all, the country has an estimated seven million unauthorized workers.
    • A Foolish Immigration Purge
      The New York Times  03/27/2008
      Leave it to the Bush administration to throw thousands of law-abiding American workers and companies off a cliff in perilous economic times.
    • Immigration: Pandering to Fears is Shameful
      The Clarion-Ledger  03/19/2008
      Which is worse, a politician pandering to fears just to make political hay or a politician passing a law that can't be enforced and makes criminals of law-abiding businesses just to make political hay?
    • Election-Year Rush Job Would Be Big Blunder
      The Indianapolis Star  03/05/2008
      Our position: Lawmakers need to address constitutional issues with illegal immigration bill.
    • Our View: Immigration Shouldn't Be Divisive
      The Free Press (Mankato, MN)  01/17/2008
      The most recent proposals advanced by Gov. Tim Pawlenty to crack down on illegal immigration include some that make sense, others that are predictably contentious and still others, which require approval from the Legislature, that are dead on arrival.
    • Fighting Illegal Immigration State by State
      The Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO)  01/17/2008
      Citizens are angry about the inability of the federal government to deal with illegal immigration, and state politicians are hearing about it, prompting them to "do something" closer to home.
    • Employer Sanctions Bad Business
      The Payson Roundup (Payson, AZ)  01/01/2008
      The employer sanctions law -- scheduled to begin today, Jan 1, 2008 -- is bad business.
    • Immigration Ground Zero
      The Washington Post  12/26/2007
      The new ground zero in the debate over illegal immigration is Arizona, where the nation's toughest and potentially most far-reaching crackdown on undocumented workers and their employers is scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.
    • Will Mega-License Work?
      Arizona Republic  12/12/2007
      Driver's licenses used to be no big deal unless you were nearing your 16th birthday or young enough to be challenged when attempting to do things reserved for adults.
    • Social Security Not the Way to Track Illegals
      Chicago Sun Times  10/15/2007
      Congress has been unable to pass immigration reform, and the Bush administration wants to use Social Security records to look for illegal workers.
    • Sane Way to a Legal Workforce
      The Boston Globe  04/29/2007
      Give us a break from misguided immigration enforcement. That's the message employers are sending to Congress, adding a much needed voice of reason to the campaign for comprehensive reform.