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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

E-Verify Helps Minorities

Last month’s jobs report brings bad news to American families across the United States. Under the Obama administration’s watch, the unemployment rate has hit 8.2 percent and is even worse for American minorities. Unemployment for Hispanics has risen to 11 percent, and for black Americans it has jumped to nearly 14 percent.

Despite this bad news, there also is good news: Congress and the Obama administration have the opportunity to come together and enact a bill that could open up countless jobs for unemployed American minorities, the Legal Workforce Act. This bill would require all U.S. employers to use the E-Verify program and would be one of the fastest ways to help unemployed Americans of all races and backgrounds get back on the payroll to earn a living for themselves and their families.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Some more stats that I just don't believe. Hispanics and blacks work for cash and draw money from the government. Entitlement is the issue .

Anonymous said...

There's a tangle of 'working' names (used for employment) and legal names (their true identities) among illegal immigrants. I'd love to know how e-verify handles all the aliases.

Anonymous said...

Everify pulls info from dhs and ssa. The system works.