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"An important issue for micro-businesses owners is when they need to expand, they must also compete against businesses that use undocumented workers in their work force ... This can often mean that those who do use illegal immigrants and do not have to deal with employee rights put the businesses that follow the law at a disadvantage because of additional tax costs."
-- National Association for th Self-Employed lead business consultant Gena Fairbrother

"Part of a comprehensive immigration plan is to give employers the tools necessary to determine whether or not the workers they're looking for are here legally in America. And we've got such a plan - Basic Pilot, it's called. It's working."
-- President George W. Bush, July 5, 2006

“Employers who cheat, hire illegals knowingly ... have an illegal, immoral competitive advantage over the honest businessman.”
-- Rep. Russell Pearce (R-AZ)

"I am speaking for the tens of thousands of law abiding small business owners, who are being adversely affected, many forced to close, because of illegal hiring practices of employers."
-- Congressional testimony of Matthew Reindl, small business owner

"Richard Ackerman said that his firm thoroughly checks the documentation of anyone it hires, including office runners and low-level clerical staff. He said that one of the reasons he joined the registry was to send out a message to his potential clients, including restaurants, car washes and others that at his business, he follows the law."
-- August 28, 2004 North County (CA) Times story describing Temecula, Calif., law firm principal Richard Ackerman of Lively & Ackerman

“The law is clear.  Can one hire undocumented workers?  No, it is illegal.  Can one hire someone without ensuring they are legally eligible to work here?  No, it is illegal."
-- August 16, 2005 statement to the Herndon, Va. Town Council by Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton

"The thing about illegal immigration is that first word: illegal ... Corporations...need to be held accountable."
-- Bob Vander Plaats, a 2006 Republican candidate for governor of Iowa

"[Hiring illegal aliens is] an assault against the very national security of this country."
-- Butler County, Ohio, Commissioner Michael Fox