SMITH: Keep E-Verify system

The need to protect jobs for Americans is clear. Pushing for passage of the stimulus package, President Obama said, “The workers who are returning home to tell their husbands and wives and children that they no longer have a job… they need help now.”

Ironically, the same day, news outlets reported that the Obama administration quietly delayed implementation of a rule designed precisely for that purpose: the requirement that federal contractors use E-Verify.

E-Verify is the federal government’s system that enables businesses to hire legal workers. It is a sure way to protect jobs for U.S. citizen and legal immigrant workers alike, and ensure their jobs aren’t stolen by illegal immigrants. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/08/keep-e-verify-system/By Rep. Lamar Smith, The Washington Times