For Immediate Release: Our Lady of Guadalupe Denounces E-Verify System

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For Immediate Release: Our Lady of Guadalupe Denounces E-Verify System

Our Lady of Guadalupe is calling for a press conference to denounce the E-Verify Program that the federal government started to implement on Sept. 17 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Anglican Mission, 3442 W. 26th St., at 2:00 p.m.

This E-Verify Electronic Employment Verification System became affective Sept. 8, requiring all federal contractors and sub-contractors to verify the identity of all newly-hired employees, including both citizens and non-citizens. The sweeping mandatory legislation was crafted by the Bush White House but is being implemented by the Obama Administration, which signed off on it in July of 2009. According to numbers released by the Department of Homeland Secuirty, the system will will screen 1 in 4 new hires in the United States. Legislation is currently pending to require all private companies to also implement the system; additionally they are considering a requirement to retroactively submit all individuals currently employed through the system.

The system entails a joint venture by the Social Security Admininstration and the Department of Homeland Security to filter identification provided by new employees in filling out their I9 forms. Picture Identification will then be fed through the database.

Father Jose Landaverde says, “If this law is to be applied to any business receiving federal funding, then a huge number of people will lose their jobs. This legislation is geared toward creating a huge database of all working people and with all of the federal government intervention as part of the financial bailout, what comes next? How else will this database be used and what other areas of peopless lives will have to be verified by the government?”

For more information, contact Father Jose Landaverde at 773-968-4258 or Marilu Vargas at 773-317-5903.

Please see the below links for more information:
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/employment/e-verify-poster.pdf
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/EVerify-Requirements-Become-Law-450397/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125211527381288193.html
http://www.numbersusa.com/content/enforcement/workplace-verification.html

Padre Jose Landaverde
Our Lady of Guadalupe Anglican Catholic
773-968-4258
Chicago,ILLinois 60623
josesla...@hotmail.com