SAVE Act Needed

Op-Ed

Straight Talk With Sam

SAVE Act Needed

Harry Truman said it's amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. That's why I signed onto legislation authored by Heath Shuler, a North Carolina Democrat. I'm not interested in who gets credit for helping stop illegal immigration, I just want it stopped.

The SAVE Act would increase the number of border patrol agents by 8,000. There isn't any question that the first thing we need to do on illegal immigration is secure the border. Where a fence has been built it has had a dramatic effect because it creates bottlenecks and gives our agents an actual border to be patrolled.

The SAVE Act also expands the use of E-Verify toprovideemployerswithaninexpensive,quick,andaccurateway toverifyemployee eligibility. It would require information sharing between the Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service.

We need to give employers the tools they need to know for sure whether they are hiring someone who is legally able to work in this country. Too many employers want to do the right thing, but do not have the tools.

The final provision would increase the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) and give local officials more training. It also would increase the number of Federal judges to expedite the removal of illegal immigrants.
Giving them a court date and expecting them to show up, just doesn't work.

I'm hopeful that Washington can put partisanship aside and pass this needed legislation.

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