Should Veterans be angry about illegals working and them out of work?
Will a news conference open up the eyes of people who have relatives in the Service and how illegals are being put to work before Veterans?
Illegals are beating the e-verify system by using someone else’s I.D. How can we stop this and what should the punishment be? Are these illegals using their anchor children’s numbers so they don’t get caught?
Veterans Angry That Illegals Worked On VA Hospital
WFTV
February 14, 2011
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.
A local group representing unemployed military veterans said Monday it’s angry and furious that illegal immigrants were working to build the new VA Hospital.
There’s a federal database that helps contractors screen illegals out of their worker pool, but WFTV found out that there may be a very big flaw.
When federal agents caught nine illegal immigrants, including six hiding in the ceiling at the new VA Hospital, some legal residents who are out of work wanted to know how they ever made it onto the construction site at all.
"It’s ridiculous! If this is a federal place, they’re supposed to be absolutely sure who is working," laid-off worker Victor Zapata said.
A group of unemployed veterans said they are now planning their own news conference to talk about substandard wages at the new VA site.
The federal E-Verify System, designed to help contractors screen out illegal workers, is far from fool-proof. A recent independent study determined E-verify gets it right 96 percent of the time. However, out of the illegal workers screened, 54 percent were incorrectly authorized to work.
The study found many illegal workers are still getting confirmed through E-Verify because they’re not using fake IDs, but real ones that belong to someone else.
"The system has broken down," Senator Bill Nelson told WFTV.
Nelson said he believes E-Verify failed in this case, but a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security in Orlando insists E-verify is a "smart and effective tool and participating employers have a significantly better track record than those who don’t use ‘E-verify.’"
Brasfield & Gorrie is one of the main contractors at the VA site accused of helping the illegal workers hide. The company told WFTV it uses E-verify, which is still considered the highest standard for checking an employee’s status.
http://www.wftv.com/news/26864419/detail.html
Yes, we should all be outraged. Imagine our veterans who have sacrificed so much.. and for who!!! illegals.. I think not!
yup
along with every citizen
Everyone should be angry, but be angry at those that HIRE them and PAY them, not the immigrants. They are just trying to earn a living like everyone else, and feed their families. As crappy as things are here, they are worse anywhere else.
Those poor contractors lapping up the federal dollar and hiring illegals. Of course they say that e-verify is flawed. But if theyr really wanted to they could confirm everyones identity. They don’ t really want to becasue hiring illegals is cheap and goes straight to the bottom line.
No, they should be angry at their fellow American citizens who are hiring illegals because they are cheaper labor.
Furthermore, these veterans could get a job. It may not be the best job or the job they want, but there IS work out there.
NO THEY SHOULDN’T BE ANGRY, they should be ashamed….it’s not the immigrants fault that they rather work in the field than have no job at all
It’s those "veteran’s" fault that THEy dont wanna take low paying jobs and that they want everything in a silver platter
I mean, its great that they helped in war and all, but that still doesn’t give them the right to protest for a high paying job when there really aren’t any jobs available. If they really want a job, they should go look for what is asking from more worker…the farming industry is in REAL need of workers, they can go check that out, of course, that’s only if they are REALLY interested in getting a job at all