Potential for Both Good and Bad in 25 “Reforms”
By Staff Reports
MTW News
WASHINGTON, DC – NumbersUSA today applauded the Administration’s announced “no-match” regulation to reduce the number of employers hiring illegal aliens, and to increase the use of the Basic Pilot Program for workforce verification, re-named “E-Verify.” Some of the other 23 proposed “reforms” are part of existing law, and others have the potential to increase the number of immigrants and open loopholes in our national security.
“It is heartening to see that the Administration recognizes that a significant portion of immigration law needs to be implemented,” said NumbersUSA Executive Director Roy Beck. “Interior enforcement, particularly in the workplace, is the cornerstone of the Attrition through Enforcement approach to solving our illegal immigration problems.”
Among the “reforms” are regulations that are yet to be promulgated, including streamlining existing guestworker programs. While it is better to improve current programs than to implement new ones, it is unclear whether the regulations will unnecessarily raise the numbers of guestworkers. Additionally, NumbersUSA has concerns about whether the changes to the guestworker programs and the proposed expedition of background checks will result in increased deficiencies in our national security.
“The devil is in the details of the coming regulations, and it is my sincere hope that this won’t be a case of one step forward, two steps back,” said Beck. “Americans will be watching closely to make sure that these promises of enforcement will not be a Trojan horse drastically increasing the number of immigrants in the U.S."
