I heard a provision to prevent this problem was stripped from the bill. Why? Who would do that?
The House proposed using "E-Verify", but it isn't listed in the Senate bill. As it now stands, 300,000 new jobs would go to legal and illegal aliens.
Charlotte Front and Center: Stimulus Bill on Life Support
A watchdog group warns that illegal immigrants might end up filling many of the estimated 2 million-plus new construction jobs featured in the Senate stimulus bill.
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) estimates that about 15 percent of workers employed in construction in the United States are illegal immigrants. If no effort is made to bar illegal immigrants from these vital jobs, it is extremely likely that about 300,000 of the coveted jobs will go to them.
If more people know Congress was going to let illegal aliens get these jobs, there would be even less support for the bill,
The House proposed using "E-Verify", but it isn't listed in the Senate bill. As it now stands, 300,000 new jobs would go to legal and illegal aliens.
Charlotte Front and Center: Stimulus Bill on Life Support
A watchdog group warns that illegal immigrants might end up filling many of the estimated 2 million-plus new construction jobs featured in the Senate stimulus bill.
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) estimates that about 15 percent of workers employed in construction in the United States are illegal immigrants. If no effort is made to bar illegal immigrants from these vital jobs, it is extremely likely that about 300,000 of the coveted jobs will go to them.
If more people know Congress was going to let illegal aliens get these jobs, there would be even less support for the bill,