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For many, the pursuit of happiness is also the pursuit of prosperity. Part of the American dream is the ability to provide your family, have a job that pays the bins, and puts a roof over your head.(1)____ The last few years of economical uncertainty have made this dream harder to attain for millions of U.S. citizens and legal immigrants.(2)____ Twenty-four million Americans are employed or underemployed.(3)____ Meanwhile, there are 7 million illegal workers with jobs in the U.S. We could open up millions of jobs for citizens and legal immigrants even if we simply enforced worksite immigration laws.(4)____
E-Verify is a program that helps preserve rare jobs for U.S. citizens and legal immigrants.(5)____ It allow employers to check what prospective employees are legally authorized to work in the U.S.(6)____ The program is free,quick, and easy to use-persons eligible to work immediately confirmed 99.8 percent of the time. More than 270,000 employers across the U.S. voluntarily use E-Verify,and the average of l,300 new businesses sign up each week.(7)____(8)____ I've introduced the Legal Workforce Act to require all U.S. employers to use E-Verify. This bill is one of the most significant steps we can make to preserve the pursuit of happiness for millions of U.S. citizens and legal immigrants while curbing incentives for future illegal immigrants.(9)____
The U.S. has been and will continue to be a nation of immigrants. And we are also a nation of laws.(10)____ And we must enforce our laws to protect and preserve the rights and freedoms that mak America so great.
