Our Grid Compares Immigration Enforcement Under Current Law With H.R. 2885

In one glance at our easy, colorful enforcement comparison Grid, you
can see how the climate for illegal aliens in your state would get
really tough if Congress passes U.S. House Judiciary Chairman Lamar
Smith’s H.R. 2885 (the Legal Workforce Act).

Take a look at the Grid below and see the 30 ways that H.R. 2885 would
ensure that only legal workers get payroll jobs.

After you look at the Grid, I think you will understand why I say
that, in the history of the United States, there never has been a
piece of legislation going through committee that would do so much to
turn off the jobs magnet for illegal immigration and protect jobs for
American workers.

We are preparing a Grid like this for every state and will soon post a
prominent link on the Home page. For this blog, however, I am showing
you the comparison of enforcement under H.R. 2885 (the right column)
with the current laws for Illinois (the center column).

The color RED shows where there is little or no enforcement in a
category. The color GREEN shows where the law provides for the
enforcement. (A more detailed explanation of colors is at the bottom
of the Grid.)

As the people of Illinois know, immigration enforcement may never
occur in their state without federal intervention. The majority of
you live in states like this where politicians show no signs of ever
stopping illegal aliens from taking jobs, benefits or residence. Only
a federal law like H.R. 2885 — that is moving through the House
Judiciary Committee right now — provides any hope for these states.

If you have trouble viewing the Grid here — or want to see it in
enlarged form — click here.

Everybody talks about putting Americans back to work but few do anything. The Judiciary Committee can start putting hundreds of
thousands of unemployed Americans back to work this year for virtually
no cost by passing H.R. 2885.

The Legal Workforce Act could be the the first jobs bill out of
Congress this fall.

H.R. 2885 is legislation carefully crafted to get through the House
and Senate and get the President’s signature. It is not about
grandstanding but about changing the law THIS FALL and starting to put
millions of unemployed Americans back to work over the next three
years.

The argument about what to do with 11 million illegal aliens can be
done later. For now, though, let’s make sure that none of them is
taking a job from an American citizen or legal immigrant.

ROY BECK is Founder & CEO of NumbersUSA