Oppose Rule on Basic Pilot/E-Verify System

URGENT: SEND COMMENTS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

OPPOSING THE PROPOSED RULE

TO MAKE BASIC PILOT/E-VERIFY MANDATORY

FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS

DUE: MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2008

The federal government has issued a proposed federal rule that would require at least 200,000 federal contractors to use the Basic Pilot/E-Verify program to verify all of their newly-hired employees and some of their existing employees.  This will affect about 4 million employees. Although the proposed rule only applies to companies with federal contracts, mandating the use of a system that doesn’t work will be disastrous for everyone in the U.S., not just federal contractors.

WHY YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION SHOULD SEND COMMENTS:

    * The proposed rule violates existing federal law which states the program is voluntary and can’t be used to re-verify current employees
    * The proposed rule requires the use of a program that is severely flawed and has substantial rates of employer abuse and discrimination
    * Lawful immigrant and U.S. citizen workers will be harmed and lose their jobs
    * The proposed rule ignores the fact that we need to fix our immigration system by giving people a path to legal status

Go the website of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC.ORG) for examples of model comments which we encourage you to use as a template. Please personalize the comments!

COMMENTS MUST BE FILED BY MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2008.

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