Dr. James Jay Carafano, of the Heritage Foundation, writes:
Measures in the Senate’s immigration reform bill even acknowledge that the REAL ID requirements are vital to restoring the credibility of identity cards and the “breeder documents” (like birth certificates) that are used to obtain them.
Nonetheless, Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Jon Tester (D-MT) have proposed an amendment (No. 1236) that would: Remove REAL ID requirements from Title III, the workplace enforcement provisions of the Senate’s immigration bill; and [d]e-authorize a grant program created to help states become compliant with REAL ID.
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The draft Senate bill includes the intrusive, expensive, impractical, and unnecessary requirement that employers verify the eligibility status of every American worker with the federal government. The draft bill, however, also includes some commonsense enforcement measures, such as encouraging the Social Security Administration (SSA) to share Social Security no-match data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS could use this information to identify employers who routinely and intentionally hire undocumented workers, an easy way of improving workplace enforcement.Nonetheless, Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA), Max Baucus (D-MT), and Barack Obama (D-IL) have proposed an amendment (No. 1441) that would: Require a sunset on information sharing between DHS and SSA; and [e]liminate requirements for employers to direct employees to go to SSA when the employer receives a no-match letter.
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