With all the hoopla over greasy pork being stuffed into President Barack Obama's near trillion-dollar spending bill, it's what is being cut out that's receiving too little attention.
And once Americans realize it, they won't be happy.
What's been quietly stripped is a provision that would have required any businesses receiving federal stimulus cash to use an easy computer program called E-Verify to make sure that the jobs they generate go to American citizens or documented foreign workers, not illegal immigrants.
Democrats in the House voted for the E-Verify component. But when the great porkulus package reached the Senate, Democrats there dropped it.
Jeff Sessions (R-AL) wanted E-Verify in the stimulus bill, which led him to comment, "It's another example of why people distrust Congress."
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John Kass
Let's see, no e-verify, and Obama's economic advisor saying that "white male constructions workers" should not be beneficiaries of the stimulus package. Toss some "immigration reform" on top of that and you tell me what's about to happen. I think Obama said it best: "Spread the wealth"...
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