Congress Debating "No-Work" Database

grag writes "Cnet is reporting that the US Congress, in their quest for immigration reform, seeks to force employers to utilize a database to determine a person's eligibility for employment. The Department of Homeland Security would operate the database and would be given access to IRS records for this purpose. The article mentions similarities between this proposal and the no-fly list — and the expectation of similar difficulties the proposed database could pose to valid people seeking employment."

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Re:Across the border...

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Agreed on the shoddy work. My father-in-law runs a temp to perm labor service. He doesn't promote any of the workers, they are hired out based on their performance. He actually prefers NOT to have them hired out because it cuts his labor pool. Because of the poor work habits, the immigrants make up nearly the entire temp staff, and everyone else makes up the 'to perm' guys. And his customers are willing to pay more for non-immigrants because they get more work done in a day. It's not because they CAN work harder, it's because they DO work harder. Maybe this isn't the case everywhere, but it is here.