The recent raids against seven chicken plants in Mississippi by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) demonstrate two things. Mandatory E-Verify is long overdue, and the criminal prosecution of employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens is necessary if illegal immigration is to be prevented.
Will candidates agree with the Party's voters that immigration laws should favor recruiting -- and pay raises for -- American workers?
You wouldn't sense it from the candidates in the Democratic debates thus far, but most Democratic voters want the government to stop illegal migration.
And they want it done in a way that should be comfortable for Democratic candidates to espouse -- by clamping down on exploitative businesses that entice illegal migration with illegal jobs.
The world's most famous doughnut maker, Dunkin', outraged that some franchises are not using the required E-Varify system to make sure its workers are authorized to work in the United States, has moved to oust the owners and take over the restaurants, as reported by the Washington Examiner.
Over the last year, only eleven employers faced prosecution for the illegal hiring of unauthorized workers, according to a story last week in The New York Times.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has re-introduced the Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act that would require all employers in the United States to begin using E-Verify for all employers within 1 year. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) has introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
Mandating E-Verify for all employers is NumbersUSA's top priority in deterring future illegal immigration.
Dr. Mark Thies, a professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at Clemson University, published an op-ed calling for mandatory E-Verify. Thies makes the case that the President should follow up on the decision by the Trump Organization to use E-Verify at all its properties with a push to make it mandatory for all U.S. employers.
A true champion for reducing legal immigration and stopping most illegal immigration passed away on Sunday. Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina died at the age of 76 after serving more than two decades in the House of Representatives.
For the moment, I have to say that I was relieved when the President got through his long State of the Union section on immigration.
There had been so much talk about the possibility of a big new announcement and about the efforts of at least a few inside the White House to put together some kind of new comprehensive compromise plan, I was braced for some major backtracking. I breathed a sigh of relief when he moved on to the trade issue without offering an amnesty or asking for larger guest worker programs.
On the eve of his State of the Union address, the president is under great pressure to increase the number of foreign workers instead of continuing to honor his campaign promises that immigration policies should prioritize the needs of Americans who have not benefited by the national economy in recent decades