Senate Approves No-Match — Next Up: Grassley’s E-Verify Amendment
Posted by papundits on 07/09/2009
By Chris Chmielenski, Updated Thursday, July 9, 2009, 4:26 PM
Chris Chmielenski
The Senate continued their debate this morning on amendments to the 2010 Homeland Security spending bill. After passing Sen. Sessions’ E-Verify and Sen. DeMint’s (R-S.C.) border fence amendments yesterday, they approved, through a voice vote, Sen. Vitter’s (R-La.) No-Match amendment.
Sen. Vitter’s amendment would prevent the further delay to the Social Security Administration’s No-Match letter program. No-Match letters are sent out by the SSA notifying employers that they’ve reported income where the social security and the name of the employee don’t match. Often, a no-match occurs when an employer has hired an illegal alien who used falsified documents during the hiring process. The Bush Administration strengthened the No-Match program making it easier for employers to fire employees when a no-match occurs, but the Obama Administration has killed the the Bush rule.
“The Senate’s unanimous approval of this amendment sends a clear message to the Obama administration that we will not allow weak immigration laws,” Vitter said. “That the Senate passed this amendment on the very next day after the administration stated their intent to rescind the ‘no-match’ rule serves as an even stronger indicator of where Congress stands on this issue. Illegal immigration is a serious concern for our country, and we should be doing all that we can to fight this growing problem. Today we took a step in the right direction toward doing just that.”
Please keep calling your Senators and urging them to vote for Sen. Grassley’s (R-Iowa) amendment that would take Sen. Sessions’ (R-Ala.) E-Verify amendment one step further by allowing federal contractors to use E-Verify on current employees not just new hires. And take a look at the vote trackers on the front page to see how your Senators voted.
CHRIS CHMIELENSKI is the Website Content Manager for NumbersUSA — Read more at Numbers USA
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