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A Physics Major at the University of Texas
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House and Senate PassWeak Minimum Wage Bill Minimum Wage Gets AmendedCommentary for Tuesday 02/06/2007 Minimum Wage BillIllegals Not Covered: There were a plethora of amendments in the Senate to the House Bill S.2. that raises the minimum wage for workers. Among these amendments, were several relating to Illegal Aliens. These amenments make it clear that Illegals are just that, Illegal. They spell out the fines and penalties for hiring Illegal Aliens and even break down the offenses into categories from just being record keeping violations, to willful intent to hire Illegals. Daylite Sun Would Normally Applaud: But in this case, we think all of the tough talk on illegal immigration is just smoke to cloud the real intent of this legislation. Other amendments to this legislation, make it almost impossible for an employer to access information about a prospective employee, and so as long as he maintains the nominal records required in the hiring process, only minimum penalties are mandated. That leaves the employer pretty much an open road to hire anybody with minimum of documentation. Why is this Bad? As long as the Illegal Immigrants have no status, they are not covered by the minimum wage required by citizens. This puts our young people in an unfair competition with those who are not covered by the minimum wage. A large portion of the entry level jobs will be taken by those who work for less than the minimum wage. It would be different if the Government were vigoruously prosecuting those employers hiring illegals, but that is not the case. Comclusion: This legislation only makes it harder for the legal citizen to land an unskilled, entry level position. As amended, the current legislation is nothing more than a green light for employers to acquire cheap labor.
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