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Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. should not be affected in any way by legislation that U.S. Congressman Steve King introduced last Tuesday that the congressman says would return lost jobs back to legal workers. King's New Illegal Deduction Elimination Act (New IDEA) would make wages and benefits paid to illegal aliens nondeductible for federal tax purposes.
New IDEA would enforce current federal laws that prohibit the hire of illegal aliens. In addition, New IDEA aims to help law-abiding businesses compete on the same playing field, so they don't have to compete with illegal labor wages.
Hiring illegal workers violates federal law. However, last year, no employers in America were sanctioned for hiring illegal workers.
According to King, New IDEA would protect employers who verify their employees' legal status through Basic Pilot, an existing electronic program that verifies legal status instantly through connection with the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
Posted by katie at July 13, 2005