Ted Yoho: “I want to talk about immigration, more importantly, a guest worker program for agriculture that will solve this dilemma.…”

“I want to talk about immigration, more importantly, a guest worker program for agriculture that will solve this dilemma. The reason we have an immigration issue in this country is because this body has failed to act in the last 30 years. It is something that the American population shouldn't have to go through and the immigrants shouldn't have to go through because there are simple solutions out there. But, unfortunately, in this body, politics gets played and prevents that from happening. E-Verify is the solution to illegal immigration. E-Verify stands for an electronic verification system that verifies one's legal identification. The ID number most commonly used for employment is a person's Social Security number. This ID number is used at an employee's place of employment, and the employer uses this number to validate the identification number of the employee. There are some major concerns and shortfalls with relying on a Social Security number for identification, as we will explain below. Using a Social Security number sets the system up for fraud and does nothing to verify the legal status of an individual. Other numbers can be used for identification purposes for employment, but there does not yet exist a universally accepted ID number or an adequate program for a non-U.S. citizen to use or to enroll into a national E-Verify system.…”