good gads! check out EEVS

[donsu]

http://www.buzzflash.com/mailbag/06/05/mai06128.html

-snip-

Subject: Immigration Bill Obliterates the Last Shred of Privacy

I am writing this in an absolute state of SHOCK!

According to the ACLU, the immigration bill passed by the Senate includes something very Orwellian. Here is the excerpt to which I am referring:

"Unfortunately, proposals currently before Congress do not address the real issue, which is the incentive to exploit workers--both US and native born," said Jon Hiatt, AFL CIO General Counsel. "Instead, they contemplate a large expansion of electronic verification systems, which have already been tested, and have proven to be detrimental to workers."

The EEVS would require - for the first time - all workers to obtain a federal agency’s permission to work, regardless of citizenship or immigration status. It would create two massive government databases containing the most sensitive personal information on every lawful resident. Every worker would be registered in the two systems with data files tracking every job they ever sought or held. The two systems combine that information with substantial amounts of personally identifiable information, all keyed to a person’s Social Security number.

All employers would be required to participate in a national employment eligibility verification program in an expansion of the faulty but voluntary “Basic Pilot” program. However, no proposals have been brought forth to provide for a secure system; making it likely that the EEVS system would be a ripe target for identity thieves.

Immigration “Reform” Bill Must Not Violate Privacy, Say ACLU and AFL-CIO; Urge Reforms to Protect All Workers in America (ACLU, 4/20/2006)

I am so SPEECHLESS with anger that I could scream!!!!!!!!

WHERE *** DOES THIS END?

WHERE *** ARE THE G**-D***** DO-NOTHING WRETCHED MISERABLE USELESS WORTHLESS DEMOCRATS???????

A BuzzFlash Reader

-snip-
-----------------------------------------

[Warpy]

1. Surprise, surprise

Both parties are controlled by conservatives who want nothing more than to control US and to keep us poor.

[davsand]

2. Proof of the right to work has been around for a while already.

I remember several years ago having to report new employees to the Feds. Included in that was SS#, name, and address. New hires had to provide us with a picture ID as well as either a SS card or some other document proving legal ability to work in the US.

Creepy stuff, to be sure. It is not much of a stretch to think that the Government has an active database on anyone who has a job of any kind. I always kind of wondered about that info getting sent to the IRS--just to make SURE they know about our activities for tax purposes...

It is a serious miscalculation for ANYONE in this country to think they are off the radar, IMO.

It is very interesting, however, to note that now it has to be done for even APPLICANTS for jobs. I expect that is really gonna put a cramp in the internet job sites. Plus imagine the nightmare this will present for employers seeking to hire for a position. I'm betting that part will quietly go away when the corporations get pissed off enough.


Laura