via Will Franklin | November 2, 2011 | Perry Almanac
Governor Perry’s position on e-verify is being intentionally mangled by Mitt Romney today. Unlike Mitt Romney, who is apparently satisfied with a Kafkaesque, broken status quo, Governor Perry favors an e-verify system that, you know, actually works:
JOHN HAWKINS: You’ve been very critical of E-Verify, the limited system the government is using to verify Social Security numbers of employees. Admittedly, E-verify has been poorly run by the government, but without some kind of system in place to keep employers from unwittingly hiring illegals, it is not possible to fix our illegal immigration problem. So, would you like to get rid of E-Verify and if so, what would you replace it with?
GOVERNOR RICK PERRY: I agree that some kind of electronic verification system is needed so we can make sure employers comply with the law not to hire illegal immigrants. E-Verify is a federal government created and run program, and as a result there have been a number of problems with it so far. The Department of Homeland Security estimated the system could fail to identify more than half of all illegal immigrants.
But just because it has problems doesn’t mean we should throw employee verification out. It means we should make it work. Employee verification needs to be accurate so American citizens aren’t denied jobs based on bad data and undocumented immigrants don’t slip through the system. And it needs to be less cumbersome for employers to use, so it’s not costing them money they could be using to create jobs.
So as president, I’d work to put in place an E-Verify system that’s more accurate, less burdensome and really delivers the results we need it to.
So, Romney’s charge on this issue today is bunk.
RELATED: And hypocritical.
MORE RELATED: And undermined by the 400+ million taxpayer dollar per year magnet Romney set up to provide special, non-emergency benefits for illegals (a better deal for illegals than actual citizens).
STILL RELATED: Video of Mitt Romney endorsing Rick Perry just last year.
EVEN MORE RELATED: “Romney faces an inconvenient truth on climate change.”
FINALLY RELATED: Optics. Mitt’s Solamere ponzi scheme sure does sound a lot like Obama’s Solyndra.
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