Reply #78: I read the text of the proposed bill... [View All]

[Cerridwen]

That's a bad argument - any business that's going to discriminate against someone based on the perceived origin of their last name, probably isn't hiring undocumented workers in the first place. The bill called for an easily accessible website for businesses to run social security numbers and to use a print-off of the results as proof that they'd made an effort to screen those they hired and avoid penalties. A couple of words could have been changed, but on the whole, it was a good idea.

All the railing against corporations is the topic of this thread. Addressing the concerns of the immigrants themselves and their "non-entity" status is happening in other threads - with the usual mixed results. :D I've even seen some calls for the solidarity and unity about which you posted. Oh, wait! One of those calls for solidarity and unity was one of http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x923543#923667">my posts. :evilgrin: