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Employers Fight Tough Measures on Immigration

By JULIA PRESTON

Under pressure from the toughest crackdown on illegal immigration in two decades, employers across the country are fighting back in state legislatures, the federal courts and city halls.

Business groups have resisted measures that would revoke the licenses of employers of illegal immigrants. They are proposing alternatives that would revise federal rules for verifying the identity documents of new hires and would expand programs to bring legal immigrant laborers. For the entire article go to nytimes.com

Here is a controversy that promises to get more intense in the next period of time. As states determine what is the best course to take in being responsive to the demands of its citizens while preserving enabling its business to acquire the labor they need to function.

We can argue all day on the merits of stricter immigration policies or the need to enforce the laws that already exist. We can argue about the merits about the immigration population, undocumented or not, and we can juggle the numbers regarding their monetary contribution or lack of it to the economy. We can argue that they drain the coffers of cities and states or claim that they pump a lot of money through the businesses in their communities.

We can argue whether undocumented workers are necessary because they do the work that American citizens refuse. We can debate whether the true cost of undocumented labor is as cheap as it first appears or whether, once you factor in all the public services, etc., it is much more expensive that we first believe. We can argue a lot of things. And I’m sure we will.

But at the end of the day, if you own a business and you don’t want to be fined or closed down, then it’s up to you to decide who you are going to hire. It’s your choice whether or not you will run background checks on your employment candidates and determine if by their qualifying through the Social Security Trace. to determine whether you should hire them or not. These are tough choices.

But background checks are increasingly important. They are one of the tools in avoiding the wrong hires in general and from embarrassing your business and from involving your business in costly litigation. There are different ways to make the six o’clock news, good and bad. You don’t need to find your business the subject of another immigration bust, where much of your workers are being marched out in handcuffs. It has a way of ruining the week.

So check them out before you hire. Call Corra.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.