Senate budget amendments that unfairly target immigrants. E-Verify Mandate Forces most individuals and companies to use E-verify. Attorney General Mandates that the AG continue to receive complaints about employment of undocumented workers. Housing Denies access to state public housing to immigrants who do not have, do not yet have, or cannot prove a lawful immigration status.
Senate budget amendments that unfairly target immigrants. E-Verify Mandate Forces most individuals and companies to use E-verify. Attorney General Mandates that the AG continue to receive complaints about employment of undocumented workers. Housing Denies access to state public housing to immigrants who do not have, do not yet have, or cannot prove a lawful immigration status.
Senate budget amendments that unfairly target immigrants. E-Verify Mandate Forces most individuals and companies to use E-verify. Attorney General Mandates that the AG continue to receive complaints about employment of undocumented workers. Housing Denies access to state public housing to immigrants who do not have, do not yet have, or cannot prove a lawful immigration status.
Brief summary and analysis of Senate budget amendment 122.1 that unfairly target immigrants
E‐Verify Mandate Forces most individuals and companies including subcontractors doing business with any state entity to use E‐ verify.
Why this is a bad idea ‐ • It will be costly for small businesses and redundant since all employers must check immigration status through the federal I‐9 form. One small business estimated the cost of compliance at $27,000.i • Over 20% of initial E‐verify rejections are wrong. E‐verify errors hurt US citizen workers because employers will often fire, refuse to hire or even notify the authorized worker of the error.ii
Attorney General Mandates that the AG continue to receive complaints about employment of undocumented workers, refer all substantiated reports to ICE, and report annually to the legislature about each complaint including the date, nature of complaint, AG’s action on complaint, and whether it was referred to ICE.
Why this is a bad idea – • Unfunded mandate on the AG’s office. Increases AG’s role in the enforcement of immigration laws without providing any additional funding. • Unnecessarily redundant as the federal government already maintains a 24 hotline for such reporting. • Undermines public safety and AG’s efforts to strengthen relationships with local communities. Victims and witnesses of crimes will not come forward or assist with the prosecution of serious criminals.
Driving without a License This amendment increases the fines and allows for incarceration for driving without a license or valid registration.
Why this is a bad idea – • Such serious changes to criminal law and penalties deserve careful and full consideration outside of the budget debate including the financial implications of potentially increasing levels of incarceration.
Housing Denies access to state public housing to immigrants who do not have, do not yet have, or cannot prove a lawful immigration status.
Why this is a bad idea ‐ • Effectively excludes US citizen children from state housing based on their parents’ immigration status thereby punishing citizen family members for the status of their relatives. • Increases homelessness of US citizen children, increasing the rate of homeless in the Commonwealth and the cost to state agencies. • Potentially unconstitutional as a US court ruled that MA could not deny access to public housing based on immigration status.
i Chamber of Commerce of the USA v. Chertoff, No. 08‐cv‐3444‐AW (D.Md.). ii Findings of the Web‐Based E‐Verify Program Evaluation (Westat, Dec. 2009), www.uscis.gov/USCIS/E‐Verify/E‐Verify/Final%20E‐Verify%20Report%2012‐16‐ 09_2.pdf, p. 157
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