My comments for today across the media.

Of all the Immigration enforcements laws that really works E-Verify has settled in to removing illegal immigrants from the workplace. But there is a "Sunset Provision" that could determine its future, since it’s specially working for the millions of jobless Americans? Supposedly E-Verification expires on September 30, only days after a Federal judge turned down a desperate delay from the despicable Special interest lobbyists led by the US Chamber of Commerce. On September 8 E-Verify, a contingency of the SAVE ACT was fully implemented mandating that all federal contractors and sub-contractors--MUST--use this computerized identification system.
The American people must understand their is tremendous pressure on anemic members of both political parties to dismantle, store or hinder the E-Verify process as they are the puppets of rich business enterprises. Then Rep. JOE WILSON R-NC) opened the proverbial humongous can of worms in the full house chamber.

We must endeavor to continue on raising our voices against the powerful forces that think nothing more than to destroy this valuable commodity called E-Verify. Overtime it will rid from every workplaces of millions of illegal workers, who think they are safe from government intervention. It will save billions of dollars being exported to other lands and sever the tolerant welfare programs, health care, education accessed by illegal low wage earners. E-Verify could introduced in all medical facilities, to check a persons national identity. The expedited message will spread and these lawbreakers will realize that it's fruitless to keep on applying for jobs. Eventually families will start to pack-up and depart for every corner of the earth. But it's up to the American voter to keep relentlessly calling the Washington switchboard 202-224-3121contacting their politicians.

Evaluate each lawmaker at NUMBERSUSA or JUDICIAL WATCH and command them to enforce E-Verify permanently. Not Voluntary for every business, but a mandatory addition for each employer. Fulfill their obligation to build the fence according to Rep. Duncan Hunter R-CA. Keep training the regular police according to the Federal 287 G directive,. Not to Rescind the No Match letter or desist ICE raids or weaken any other enforcement law, such as the 1986 Immigration Control & Reform Act. Fed's should restrict SANCTUARY CITY & STATE policies. NOW IT'S UP TO YOU? STARTLING WEBSITE! GOOGLE---IMMIGRATIONCOUNTERS.

This may take time to put in effect. Every government contract will need to be modified to add the clause requiring E-verify. I support E-verify 100%

NumbersUSA Moderator: Even better, the SAVE Act would phase in mandatory E-Verify for all employers.

Marianne 5443
I saw a similar sign in the local Ryan's Restaurant. I sent the corporate office an email thanking them for hiring American workers.

In response to a customer satisfaction survey, I asked Xanterra a contractor at Bryce National Park that employees non-Americans from all over the world, if they were aware that millions of Americans had lost their job since the first of the year.

They invite them over to work the fields. Meantime, we have to pay for their children's education, more than what American children get. I know this because I teach. They get free helath care for their kids too. We need to stop the invite, and employ the folks here who don't work. No more handouts. If you need money and help from the taxpayers coffers, then work. End birthright citizenship. With this problem, comes the extended family. They raise them in a different culture. Most have no respect for us, and expect everything from us. Because of our stance on immigration issues and education, they pour into our country. And they are now starting to use it against us.

Now congress is trying to pass the dream act. This gives the children of illegals the chance to get a free college education. I think they should pay off my student loans first, since I have been teaching for 19 years and it is not paid off yet!! I have supported 3 children while working and schooling, and the loan was to help offset bills when the husband lost his job. They raised the interest so high, I still don't have it paid off. Write and urge your congress people to say no to the "Dream Act." They should take care of the ones who were here first. Sorry they were dragged over here by illegal parents, but nothing we should do about it now. We simply can't afford it.

ROY
Although my wife has the same feelings i do on illegal immigration she doesn't understand why i regularly donate to this cause.
Thanx for this site, it gives the common man someway to show our politicians that WE CARE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY!

Is this new law restricted to only government contracts?
What about private companies?

NumbersUSA Moderator: It's an executive order and it only applies to federal contractors. The SAVE Act would require all employers to use E-Verify.

We finally achieved E-Verify? Yes, but only in a narrow sense, I believe. You mentioned "Federal Contractor" employers being made to conform to "Regulations". However, isn't there also an urgent need for local hospitals, both large and small, as well as independent doctors and nurses being included under this new regs.requirement? As I understand it, they will not be required under this E-verify regulation you speak of ; only those Corporations who offer Federal Contracting jobs. Yet, shouldn't those smaller entities be also required to be included?

Furthermore, am I correct in believing that a regulation does not have the force and effect of a Section as part of a Statute, e.g.,"U.S. Code 1234, Section 246 ---" etc.? In other words, doesn't our deliberate and intense campaign fall short of what is fully needed? I honestly hope somebody in the know will clarify this matter for me, please!

Many thanks.

What about municipalities? Who will be keeping track if your city is using Federal stimulus dollars and not using E-verify? Can the city then say...."well we aren't using federal money, we are using city money?" I would really like more clarity. I know my city hires contractors to replace sidewalks, street paving etc., but when I called them to question...they said that the company that they hire is responsible for checking!

Thanks Numbers USA for keeping on this. You did a great job informing everyone of the situation. We have a lot of work to do yet and I support you in everything.

I think the victory is great.

Sure glad this went through.
My personal story of immigration concerns my wife. I had recently retired from Federal law enforcement, and was traveling in Asia on my own. I met my wife in Thailand. We hit it off, and after dating and traveling together in 6 nearby countries we applied for a marriage visa to the U.S. using an American attorney who lived in Bangkok. We waited 11 1/2 months for the marriage visa, and after arriving in the U.S. and marrying, we waited another year for the green card due to technical problems (read: U.S. Government foul ups!) which were not our fault.
The immigration sytem here (Denver) was horrible. The contractors they use (YES, the employees you generally see at immigration are not Federal employees, but instead are contractors who have little use for civility, intelligence, and any attempt to assist you; despite the fact that you are the reason they have a job. I needed to contact my congressperson with problems which I, as a retired Federal law enforcement officer could not resolve. Pity the poor legal immigrant who is afraid and confused by this.
We also had problems with the Social Security Agency, and ended up going through several governmental layers to resolve the issues.
It took 11 months for my wife to get her green card.
What is very irritating about all this is that she is not some uneducated rice farmer with few job skills. She has a MASTERS DEGREE in COMPUTER ENGINEERING. American companies at that time were crying for higher limits to allow an adequate number of educated foreign computer workers to temporarily enter the U.S. and work in their field. Our country did not have enough educated employees to fill the needed positions.
The bottom line is that we waited for nearly TWO YEARS to come here and get her green card, while millions of unskilled illegals come here and are not bothered by Federal law enforcement. I know this because I often encountered illegal immigrants in my job who had committed a minor crime. Immigration authorities would NOT take them for deportation, and I know of several who were able to get Federal permission from U.S. authorities to avoid deportation during and after their Federal courts case. In other words they were able to stay in the U.S. indefinitely even though they had violated other Federal laws.
Guess I should have just brought my wife here illegally through Canada, and avoided all the hassle and costs of trying to do it legally!
Mark

Although its good news, it's still an uphill battle. Our politicians have decided they want illegals to have our jobs. There are virtually 90 percent illegals doing construction, landscaping, and road work. How is this happening? Why isn't law enforement doing anything? Even when Florida has 1 million illegals, the governor has refused to do anything. Some of these politicians should be put in jail for supporting our laws being broken.

This is great news - and a great endorsement of the "people power" that NumbersUSA is focusing on improving internal enforcement of existing immigration laws.

Unfortunately, many unethical employers desire to continue to employ a docile, nonunionized illegal alien labor force, which includes millions of visa overstayers. The numbers are huge and growing larger each day. This illegal conduct enriches the economic elite at the expense of the American middle class.

See this September 1997 U.S. Department of Justice report on visa overstayers here makes it clear that white collar jobs are involved: http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/INS/e9708/

....INS Study of Legalized Alien Population

INS' 1992 Report on the Legalized Alien Population provided some information on the demographics of the illegal alien population, including overstays. This study surveyed aliens who gained legal status under an amnesty provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Section 245A of the IRCA allowed illegal aliens who lived in the United States continuously since January 1, 1982, to apply for legalization between May 5, 1987, and May 4, 1988. IRCA also mandated a report describing the general characteristics of the legalized population.

The report showed that the great majority of aliens from Europe, Asia, and Africa who were legalizing their status had overstayed. The overstays in the study were better educated, tended to have higher family incomes, and held white collar jobs at a higher rate than those aliens who had surreptitiously entered the United States (also known as entered without inspection or "EWI"). Of the overstays, 67 percent had over 12 years of education and 9 percent had 6 or fewer years of education. However, of the EWIs in the study, only 17 percent had over 12 years of education and 45 percent had 6 or fewer years of education. Twenty-nine percent of the overstays earned $30,000 or more, while only 17 percent of the EWIs earned as much. Thirty-four percent of all overstays fell into the lowest end of the earning scale (under $12,000 per annum) versus about 41 percent of the EWIs. Twenty-five percent of overstays, but only 8 percent of EWIs, held white collar jobs.

The study showed that the geographical concentration of overstays varied significantly. In California, Texas, and Illinois, overstays represented 19 to 22 percent of the legalized alien population. In New York and Florida, however, overstays were 48 and 69 percent of the legalized alien population, respectively. Overall, overstays were 24 percent of the legalized alien population. However, the aliens in the study may not be representative of the entire illegal alien population because some portions of the population may have been more or less likely to apply for legalization. Some INS officials with whom we spoke at headquarters and in the field believed that overstays may not have taken advantage of the IRCA amnesty to the same extent as EWIs. If overstays and EWIs did not apply at the same rates, any estimate of the overstay population based on the study would be skewed. .....

For an update which documents that this problem continues to grow larger, please see the March, 2008 CIS Report, "No Coyote Needed" by David Seminara. http://www.cis.org/articles/2008/back208.pdf

Given the estimated 20-38 million illegal alien population on January 24, 2008, http://www.capsweb.org/content.php?id=57&menu_id=8&menu_item_id=28 implementation of E-Verify would open up millions of good white-collar jobs to experienced American citizen technical professionals. Today's step towards enforcing our nation's laws against the employment of illegal alien labor which were passed in 1986 moves the nation in the direction of a genuine, long-lasting economic stimulus.

This is excellent news. I think Barack has gotten the message that there are too many people concerned about this to ignore. I don't think he is just listening to the yahoos on the left fringe of the Democratic party. He realizes that he can only govern effectively from the center, and we can help to define where the center is.

Barack also needs to establish his willingness to enforce immigration law if he wants to have any chance of passing an amnesty. I personally think that debate is a year and a half away. After the experience of this latest Congressional recess, I'm pretty sure nobody wants to go home to the district in an election year with amnesty on the table. Too much chance that the congressman would end up being the main course in that meal. But, we have to keep up the pressure and mobilize our side to influence thinking as it evolves. If sentiment starts to turn on an issue it can become a landslide. I think we have some time, we have the facts on our side, and if we work harder and smarter than the other side, we could see immigration reform with more good than bad. Many will disagree with me, but I think Barack would sign such a bill.

What I do not understand is why people who oppose Illegal immigration do not do more on their own. When I see someone who fits the picture of an Illegal alien I ask them where they come from and why are they in my country illegally and then I ask them how they came, over the wall or through the dessert. I confront the managers of stores that hire them and do not hire contractors that use them. I wonder why organizations such as the VFW and the American Legion do not picket stores that employ Illegals they have enough members that talk a good story but do nothing to stop them.

NumbersUSA Moderator: The American Legion has been a strong supporter of the SAVE Act. The question is, why hasn't Congress noticed?

I keep wondering why our governing administrations put foreigners first before Americans.Some people do the same thing. They worry more about other people than their own family.Some type of a mental problem.

Great start... does NumbersUSA have a watchdog arm to ensure that this executive order is enforced, or do we depend on the federal government and the DHS to police themselves? We all know how that goes! What site can private citizens go too, to 'Big Brother' this issue?

NumbersUSA Moderator: We don't specifically have a watchdog operation. We use various means to keep tab on whether the immigration laws are being enforced. If this Executive Order is not enforced, we will take appropriate action, which will probably include publicizing the non-enforcement and mobilizing the membership.

thank you ! maybe now i can get another job here in ca in my trade!the way its been going for the last few years Americans working construction jobs has almost dried up ,yet you could see on hiways and other jobs illegal aliens working while your family is doing without.

sure would be nice to see a clip on tv,look Americans are doing these jobs,it wasn't they wouldn't do them,it was we were being stabbed in the back as well as robbed!