"In letters to be mailed starting Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will warn employers of some 8 million workers nationwide that they must fire any employee who lacks a valid Social Security number or risk criminal charges and hefty fines.
"Millions of illegal immigrants land jobs by using an assortment of phony documents — including fabricated or stolen Social Security numbers. And with unemployment at record-low levels, this new Homeland Security regulation is creating angst in a range of industries.
"But employers and the government, he said, 'don't really want to enforce the law.'"Apparently, neither do the labor unions, as the AFL-CIO has formally asked the INS to not send out letters telling employers they are at legal risk if they hire people in the US illegally.
To which we ask the question: whom are the unions representing? Illegals who are non-union members?
Makes no sense. Union members are urged to ask this question, themselves. http://www.aflcio.org/
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