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In a recent op-ed, Eliseo Medina of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) falsely labels the Legal Workforce Act â€" a bill to implement the E-Verify program nationally â€" as a jobs killer. Although the bill is a jobs killer for illegal immigrants, the Legal Workforce Act opens up millions of jobs for unemployed Americans and legal workers.

There are 24 million Americans who are unemployed or who have given up looking for work. Of these, 19 million are Americans without a college degree who are most hurt by unskilled illegal immigrant workers.

Seven million individuals work illegally in the United St! ates. These jobs should go to legal workers. And Congress has the opportunity to make sure this happens.

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