According to the Washington Times, Democrats in Congress put a provision in the stimulus bill that eliminated a law requiring that workers on federal contracts prove they are citizens or legal residents of the United States. According to the article:
"The eliminated provision includes a program called "E-verify" that allows employers to quickly access federal databases to check the legal status of workers - all but avoiding the risk that forged documents will fool an innocent employer into hiring an illegal."
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, some 300,000 construction jobs will likely go to illegal aliens. This may provide a cheap labor pool, but it is not healthy for the American economy in the long term--it increases unemployment and deflates wages in general.
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