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A Brief Explanation of the SAVE Act

1:30 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Politics · Comments Off

18 Mar 2008

Last week, I wrote about how a dangerous immigration bill was being moved forward in the House of Representatives. Here’s a brief video explaining why the SAVE Act won’t save anyone.

immigration.jpgYesterday House Republicans made a move to force the Shuler/Tancredo “SAVE Act” to a vote on the floor. This “discharge petition” is a special procedural motion that would allow the sponsors of the Shuler-Tancredo bill to take it straight to the floor of the House without having to go through the full committee process and then force a vote.

The bill would force all employers, within four years, to use the E-verify employment authorization verification system, which has been criticized as flawed, for all workers—new hires and current workers.

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