It'd be nice if there was some way to keep these illegals off the payrolls of companies and firms that contract with the state, now wouldn't it?

House Bill 4024, the Public Contract and Employment Eligibility Verification Act, and House Bill 4026, an Amendment to the Occupational Code, were both introduced by Rep. Agema back on January 13th of this year.  The point behind both of these bills is to require all contractors, subcontractors, and independent contractors who are working for the state government, or the government of any of Michigan's political subdivisions, to verify the employment eligibility of all of their employees through the E-verify system.  And there are consequences for knowingly hiring workers who are not legally eligible to work in the United States.

These two bills are scheduled for floor consideration in the State House next week (long overdue, as far as I'm concerned).  Dave Agema is asking us to get the word out to all like-minded people in this state:  Call, write, e-mail, and/or personally visit your State Representative and make sure they hear you loud and clear on this matter, that they should support and approve of HB-4024/4026.

And in addition to that, I have a better idea.

This weekend, I suspect that most if not all state representatives will probably be back in their districts for the weekend.  Given that they're probably in the phone book (if you know where to look), there's nothing stopping us from making a few friendly "house calls" either by telephone or in person.  Direct encouragement has its uses.

We've got a long way to go to undo about 46 years of immigration sabotage by the amnesty apologists, but for what my opinion's worth, this is a solid start.

And, having said all that, I'd like to close with a final thought courtesy of Wild Bill for America, keeping in mind that this could be adapted to our situation here: