Posted by
JDComments on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:43:49 AM
Democrat Bennie Thompson(MS) has decided giving workers 60 days to correct mismatched Social Security numbers or be fired is “discriminatory” and in violation of immigration law and is threatening a company which is seeking to apply this rule as recommended by the the Department of Homeland Security [see article ] as a deterrent to hiring illegal aliens. Thus we see how the Democrats, who have resisted tougher border security measures by claiming that they are unnecessary if we remove the incentive of jobs, are going to follow through on their tough talk – by resisting every effort to stop the hiring of illegal aliens! Just as they did by protesting picture ID’s for voting, the Democrats are now claiming that undue and unfair requirements are being placed on innocent people- in this case TWO MONTHS is just not long enough to correct a social security number which has been, ahem, mistakenly submitted for employment. Well what would be fair , six months, two years, five years? There obviously is no answer which would satisfy Thompson, who says the policy would be a “ threat to workers who fail to reverify their information”. How insightful of the Congressman! Yes, it would be a threat , if preventing people who are illegally in this country from being employed in violation of federal law, can be called a threat. I call it law enforcement, but what do I know? And as an added bonus to this whole affair, Thompson is in line to be chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and is promising to reconsider the plan for 700 miles of border fencing passed recently, and says it may be scrapped. No wall, no border security, no deterrents to hiring illegal aliens: welcome to the new Democratic Congress and its open arms for open borders. I feel safer already!