You may have already seen the signs popping up at your local Dunkin' Donuts shop: ``We follow the law! This company hires lawful workers only. "
The signs, which have begun appearing in shops around Boston, make public the company's participation, starting June 1, in a voluntary federal program that enables employers to quickly check the immigration status of new hires.
Dunkin' Donuts is requiring all of its franchisees to participate in the Basic Pilot Program, which allows employers to verify a worker's status using online databases from the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
The company chose to participate in the program partly because it sometimes receives complaints from customers who assume its workers -- especially those whose first language isn't English -- are in the United States illegally.
Some advocates for immigrants dislike the program because they say the databases contain errors, which could lead to people being unfairly fired.
Good for them. Who needs an immigration bill if more companies will USE this service and/or there is more stringent auditing of companies that don't avail themselves of this service? No mention of if there is a charge to tie into the database. Should be free.
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