Speak Up, My Darlings, Before They Bung You Out on Your Ear

Just got an email from Carolyn Fredrickson at the ACLU:

"You're fired!"

Those are the words that millions of Americans could hear if Congress passes the SAVE Act.

The SAVE Act would require every employer in the U.S. to use so-called "electronic employment verification,” cross-checking all current and potential employees’ citizenship status against databases that the government itself knows are filled with errors and inaccuracies.

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The SSA estimates its records contain at least 17.8 million errors, of which 12.7 million involve U.S. citizens. Bills with mandatory employment verification, including the SAVE Act (H.R. 4088), contain no assurances that government databases will be accurate and updated, no privacy protections for the vast amounts of personal information to be handled by employers and absolutely no recourse for workers who are wrongfully denied employment.

Why, what a brilliant idea! Let's use a deeply-flawed government database to verify people's employment! And then let's make sure there's no way for people flagged by it to get their records corrected! It'll work just as well as the No-Fly List!

Heh heh heh whoops.

Do me and yourselves a favor, would you, darlings, and go pop your name onto this nifty letter to your representative. Tell them that if they vote for this stinking pile of shit, you'll take your vote elsewhere. Thanks ever so much.