H.R. 5038 = Amnesty & indentured servitude

It is ironic that the sponsors of H.R. 5038, The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019, put the word “modernization” in the title, since the legislation actually proposes variations on two tried, and demonstrably failed, policies of the past: amnesty and indentured servitude.

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Support mandatory E-Verify this summer!

It is really important that Congress pass legislation to mandate use of the E-Verify system. E-Verify is easy to use and has the highest satisfaction rates of any government program. Requiring employers to run new hires through E-Verify, as government contractors are already required to do, would prevent the hiring of illegal aliens and make it very hard to remain in the country. If people know that employers are forced to run new hires through E-Verify, fewer people will come to the U.S. illegally in search of work.

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