Increase job opportunities: Fire illegals and deport them

For persons authorized to be in the United States, their labor participation rate can be increased and their unemployment rate can be decreased by enforcing the mandatory use of the Form I-9 and making E-Verify mandatory. Here is some basic information:

Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, is the key element of E-Verify’s Internet-based employment eligibility verification. E-Verify compares information the employer enters from Form I-9 to records available to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This electronic verification confirms an employee’s identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

Although E-Verify uses information from Form I-9, there are some important differences between Form I-9 and E-Verify requirements.

We must make E-Verify mandatory for employers. I urge you, via your First Amendment right to petition, to demand that Congress make E-Verify mandatory. Please note that “U.S. law requires companies to employ only individuals who may legally work in the United States – either U.S. citizens, or foreign citizens who have the necessary authorization. This diverse workforce contributes greatly to the vibrancy and strength of our economy, but that same strength also attracts unauthorized employment.” The government is aware of the problem.

Moreover, another problem is that our government does not enforce the mandatory use of the Form I-9, a form that provides very little protection against fraud; and, that E-Verify is not mandatory. E-Verify is an effective guard against the employment of illegal aliens but employers can ignore it.

It is conservatively reported that there about 11,000,000 illegal aliens in the United States. Of that number, 41% live in California and Texas, i.e., 3,019,000 and 1,470,000, respectively. For a very detailed data map, including your county, visit HERE.

I argue that employed illegal aliens, estimated to number 3-to-4 million, suppress wages and displace American workers. Eliminating them from the workforce will allow market forces to work better.

We have all heard that old saw that illegals do work that Americans won’t do. That is simply not true. What is true, is that the American workforce should not be expected to compete with third world workers, who, by the way, are really not so cheap when we consider all the benefits that they soak up.

It is in the national interest to bar illegal aliens from jobs in the USA. We are not responsible for the ills of other countries. Fire illegals and deport them.