This is the most effective way to curtail illegal immigration. But Let’s see how businesses and eventually consumers feel when it’s policy.
Just fyi just about every poll I’ve ever seen, whether from a mainstream/“liberal” media source or organizations that are against/for immigration reform, shows overwhelming public support for e-verify. It’s not even close.
Absolutely the system is error prone and probably needs a serious overhaul, mostly bc it’s always been deliberately ignored (by Dem and GOP presidents/congresses).
But celebrating bc you think this view is out of touch is very dangerous. So long as the number of migrants coming in continues to increase, the immigration as an issue will become a political vulnerability for Dems. I’m in Chicago for instance and a lot of people are really starting to get angry, NOT TOWARDS THE MIGRANTS, but to the party (in this case outgoing mayor Lightfoot and the federal government bc the funding states/cities were getting to help offset costs of providing for newcomers has ended).
A lot of Black residents are angry bc migrants are being housed in school buildings that were closed by Rahm and never repurposed to anything that would help the community. These folks have to sit by and watch the government and residents mobilizing all kinds of resources (food, housing etc) IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS to help Central/South Americans when they themselves are living in the depths of poverty/neglect.
If you don’t think a message of “why do the Dems care more about illegal immigrants than Black Americans” will peel off votes, you’re delusional.
