Sen. JD Alexander, the Senate budget chief now handling a controversial immigration crackdown proposal, told reporters Friday that he uses the federal government’s e-Verify system.
A citrus grower, Alexander said he turns prospective employees away if they don’t clear the system. But he did not give e-Verify a ringing endorsement. “It takes a while to really know the answer,” he said. “It has the potential of being wrong.”
“It’s a fair amount of cost,” he added — about $20 per person that doesn’t match. “It’s fairly expensive.”
Alexander, R-Lake Wales, also said he’s short about 100 people to pick a blueberry crop. “For all the unemployment, there just are not folks who want to come out and pick blueberries,” he said, for about $9 an hour. … Read More
St.PetersburgTimes/Mazzei/ 04/29/2011
Florida Latin Connection/ Arnoldo Varona, Editor
On immigration, JD Alexander has firsthand concerns
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