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INFORMING, EMPOWERING, and EMBRACING BUSINESSES and CONSUMERS

The goal of this concept is to provide consumers the opportunity to support through their purchase decisions businesses that have public dedicated themselves to legal hiring practices and thereby pressure other businesses into voluntary compliance.

The program would seek to provide customers and businesses an opportunity to make a positive impact to the issue of illegal immigration and hence satisfy or at least mitigate the current “frustration” level with governmental inaction. However, rather than provide a mechanism that in essence lets the government “off the hook”, the program would provide visual re-enforcement of the will of the people and encourage government to follow and support the people’s lead.

The elements;

1)Create and market a door hanger/decal or similar emblem or logo that signals to customers an identification of a business aligned with legal hiring practices.
2)Provide information via our web site and other support venues to educate and stay abreast of issues concerning hiring practices, immigration reform and identification validation techniques.
3)Network with other communities to turn this into a nationwide movement.
4)Raise and spend sufficient money to launch an information campaign that will drive businesses to contact us and eagerly ask for a pledge form and decal.
5)Businesses will need only sign “the pledge”. The pledge would consistent of 3 simple declarations;
a)Committing to making a “good-faith” effort of I-9 form compliance for all employees.
b)Encourage fellow business people to do the same.
c)Pay all employees wages consistent with local, state and federal laws.
There should also be an element of migrant advocacy. Specifically, the program should not be an “anti-migrant” program, but rather a pro-legal migrant program. Ultimately, the goal would be to continue to erode the upside of hiring illegally, by delineating non-compliant employers from “good citizen” businesses.

I humbly solicit your input and hopefully your support to bring this idea from concept to critical mass.

If you would like to get involved, please email me at boyerforcongress@adelphia.net

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