I have a friend who lives in Arizona. He has connected me with some private business owners in the state. When they are not "biting their thumbs" at the lackluster feds, and warming up the courtroom for another battle for state sovereignty they–and to be honest all American business–should understand that even if they are not in Arizona, they may have this to contend with.
Have you heard of the E-verify system. It’s gotten more attention lately than that pretty new girl who just started at the local high School. Both sides of the aisle (and plenty of the folks squatting in the aisle) are taking the opportunity to suggest that using e-verify is a better solution to the "undocumented worker situation" than new laws, the National Guard, or even M1 Abrams tanks and Constantino wire.
By using e-verify–or so the theory goes–you cut the illegal immigrant off from their reasons for being here (unless of course they already have a career in kidnapping, murder, and drug trafficking). But the fly in this ointment is enormous–and probably not well known; if you are a business and you use e-verify, let me preface what follows by quoting Gomer Pyle, Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
From my contacts in Arizona…
…a business is in violation of the discrimination act if they don’t hire an employee because of e-verify. Lawsuits have already been lost based on discrimination.
Did your right eyelid just start twitching uncontrollably? Read on…
and just filed this past week…
Obama’s dept of justice just filed a law suit against the local colleges in Arizona for requiring that "ethnic" employees are required to show their green card to get or keep their job. The DOJ has stated this is against the law.
Working hard on the problem as we can see. The problem of screwing people caught between the law and "the Obama administrations interpretation of the law."
It is against the law to hire an illegal immigrant. To avoid violating that law you can use e-verify to determine status. But if you discover they are illegal by using e-verify and decide not to hire them, Eric Holder might send the civil rights division after your small business with more lawyers and the backing of the US treasury, just to show you who the boss is.
Rule of Law? It’s an outdated concept in Obamerica.
Equal protections? It no longer exists. The federal government can pick and choose whom to charge and prosecute based on whether you are a crony, a protected grievance class, or on a whim.
You hire them you break the law, you don’t you get sued by Obama’s Department of Injustice.
That’s got to stop.
