MV Tea Partiers Will Participate

Mission Viejo residents who are Tea Party activists say they’ll assist the Support Federal Immigration Law Committee. The statewide effort is designed to help pass an initiative against illegal immigration.

OC Register reporter Cindy Carcamo’s article about the initiative appeared in the Register on Dec. 4. Carcamo summarized provisions of the proposed initiative:

1. People who are in the United States illegally would commit a crime if they seek work while concealing their legal status.
2. All employers in California would be required to use E-Verify (federal computer-based system that matches names with Social Security Numbers) as part of the hiring process.
3. Regardless of an employer’s neglect or intention, hiring illegal workers would become a criminal act.
4. Human traffickers smuggling more than 10 illegal aliens into the United States would face set fines and prison sentences.

Targets of the initiative are gang members and drug traffickers, as opposed to farm workers and laborers.