SAVE Act Hits 100! Another Cosponsor Added to Bill That Would Protect Jobs for Americans

The SAVE Act received its 100th cosponsor when Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) added his name to the long list. The SAVE Act would make E-Verify mandatory nationwide and increase monitoring of compliance ensuring that only legal workers get jobs during one of the worst jobs depressions in our nation’s history. The bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) now has 36 Democratic cosponsors and 64 Republican cosponsors.

Rep. Turner is serving his fourth term in the House and has earned a recent immigration-reduction grade of an A.

The SAVE Act (H.R.3308) would use currently available tools and resources to increase interior enforcement of federal immigration laws.

In securing the borders, the SAVE Act would: 

add 6,000 border patrol agents, utilizing new technology;
improve recruitment with focus on former agents and former members of the Armed Services and Reserves; and
create a pilot program to increase aerial surveillance, satellite and equipment sharing with the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense.

In fighting illegal hiring, the SAVE Act would:

make E-Verify mandatory for all employers;
increase monitoring of compliance of the E-Verify system;
require notification of identity theft; and
require information sharing between the Social Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service.

In increasing interior enforcement, the SAVE Act would:

add ICE agents and increase grants to local law enforcement; and
expedite the deportation process by increasing detention capacity and the number of immigration judges.