Cotton, Romney introduce bill pairing minimum wage increase with tighter citizenship verification

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

BY JOSEPH CHOI - 02/16/21 01:08 PM EST

Republican Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Mitt Romney (Utah) announced on Tuesday that they will be introducing a bill that would increase the minimum wage while also requiring employers to verify the immigration status of workers.

“Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. I’m introducing a bill with @SenTomCotton that would increase the minimum wage while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants. We must protect American workers,” Romney tweeted.

Link to tweet

“Congress hasn’t raised the minimum wage in more than a decade, leaving many Americans behind,” Romney continued. “Our proposal gradually raises the minimum wage without costing jobs, setting it to increase automatically with inflation, and requires employers to verify the legal status of workers.”

Cotton added in a tweet that the wage increase in his and Romney’s bill would not go into effect until “after the pandemic has ended.” The bill would also include “protection for small businesses,” according to Cotton.

Link to tweet

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/539005-cotton-romney-introduce-bill-pairing-minimum-wage-increase-with-tighter

[soothsayer]

1. Sigh

[gab13by13]

2. Fuck them.

OK, start with the meat packing plants.

[OldBaldy1701E]

47. Hah!

I say start with all their own industries. Whenever I read about ICE raiding some sweatshop or the like, I do not recall the people responsible for having illegal immigrants working for them as being anything but registered rethugs. Of course, this little tidbit seldom comes out in the story, unless the person has democratic affiliations, but hey, 'They took our jerbs!' (We won't go into the fact that very few Americans will take 'menial' jobs because of the perceived social failure, yet they all want the services and products these jobs offer. Yet another example of the accepted belief that they should get something for nothing).

[Bleacher Creature]

3. Bookmark this thread for anytime some starts a post asking whether Mitt would switch parties. NT

[CentralMass]

11. Someone here correctly predictictrd that Ronmey and others R's who voted for conviction would

over compensate.

[Oldem]

4. All you need to know about Romney:

doing anything with Cotton.

[onecaliberal]

5. What the fuck is wrong with people.

Maybe there will be no fucking farm workers in the field and no food. The stupidity of republicans never ceases to amaze.

[soryang]

6. This is so hypocritical

When weren't employers required to verify the immigration status of workers? The problem isn't that the restrictions didn't exist, it is that weren't enforced against employers.

As far as "protections for small businesses," that sounds like a loophole. 2025. for 15 dollar minimum wage? give me a break.

The title is overbroad. You don't have to be a "citizen" to work in the US.

[onetexan]

18. Spot on. Damn fools are just bigotted.

[machoneman]

51. Easy: Arrest all the employers. That'll stop the hiring of illegals. Ah, but then they'd all be....

Republiscums now wouldn't they?

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Now ICE will know where to look

taco trucks and chow mein restaurants beware

[Dream Girl]

8. Awww...

[msongs]

9. gotta keep those utah brown immigrants working for low low low wages nt

[lagomorph777]

10. How about a bill pairing Federal office with not inciting insurrection?

Oh, wait! We have that already. The 14th Amendment!

[SWBTATTReg]

12. What about the 400 or so bills that Nancy Pelosi passed in the House, that moscow mitch

or traitor mitch (either name is okay with me, or if you have a better one, use!), bring those up in the Senate, and ignore cotton, who's one of the worse gutter mouths out there. Maybe listen to romney a little bit, but do so carefully.

[getting old in mke]

27. They died.

Bills don't carry over between sessions of congress.

[SWBTATTReg]

43. Ah, I didn't know that. So a bill must go all the way through, as written, thru that

particular session of Congress, if not acted on (voted), they die.

Can they pretty well be resubmitted again, as originally written, by the new session of Congress? That is, Bill ABC passed originally by Pelosi (not acted on by McConnell), died when the last session of Congress expired (pre-Biden), and a new session of Congress, resubmitted bill ABC again, but this time around, the resubmitted bill ABC could be passed into law (if signed)?

[getting old in mke]

48. Yes.

Though maybe they'll be more ambitious given the Senate makeup this time.

[niyad]

38. Massacre Mitch. Mendacious Mitch. Malignant Mitch.

[turbinetree]

13. These two twits don't know that when you get hired you have to submit something

to prove you are what you are, did anyone do a background check on them, oh yeah they got free membership into a treasonous party called the GOP, and how convenient that old mittens is going to connive with a "guy" that really hates the democracy, look at what he did during the impeachment trial part one and two.............fucking nothing and now he's enabling with a buddy ........

[Yavin4]

14. In their defense, they're very wealthy men. They've never had to actually apply for...what do you...

call it? Oh yes, a job.

They have no idea what you're talking about.

[turbinetree]

42. This is true, but they do know how to be sedition supporting insurrectionists...

[DeminPennswoods]

15. The law already requires employers to verify that they are

hiring workers who are legally in the US. Many, if not most, of migrant agricultural workers are in the US legally to work just like non-US citizen players in professional sports leagues.

Once Biden's comprehensive immigration overhaul becomes law, "illegal" workers won't even be a second thought.

[vsrazdem]

16. Isn't that why they have an I-9, to prove ID for work. if the employers don't do what

they are required to do, there is nothing we workers can do about it.

[Miguelito Loveless]

17. About once a month

Romney has to remind us he's a conservative asshole.

[intheflow]

19. And just like that, Romney turns back into a turd.

Not that he ever really changed, but at least he left long enough to vote to convict Trump.

[Wellstone ruled]

20. Hey Willard,

if it was not for Jose,Annita and other Latino Domestic help,your family would not be totally shit out of luck.

[George II]

21. Didn't they find that Romney had undocumented workers (NOT "illegal aliens") doing his landscaping?

[oldsoftie]

34. He hired a company who hired them.

Dont know what if anything happened to that company. Probably NOTHING

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Uh, Tom, you might want to have that conversation with Tyson's right

there in Arkansas.

[lonely bird]

23. Hey Mittens and Traitor Tom!

First off, send your kids to do stoop labor picking fruit in California and then talk about saving American jobs.

Secondly, the minimum wage hasn’t gone up because of assholes like you.

[AllaN01Bear]

24. id like to see a bill to repeal all the g bush sr and jr tax cuts for the rich. id bet theyd

howell for sure . sops

[DFW]

25. Just in case anyone had ANY illusions about Romney switching parties

I think this should put the last nail in that particular coffin.

[paleotn]

26. Ummm....no.

You have no power. Shut the fuck up.

[hibbing]

28. Corporate American will hate this, it will never pass

So not sure how this benefits their corporate masters. Of course they are against the wage increase, but their corporate masters would not want this either, they need immigrant labor either legal or not to keep overall wages low.


Peace

[oldsoftie]

33. Exactly why its time to hold their damn feet to the fire.

They've gotten away with it far too long

[halfulglas]

29. There're trying to pretend that employers encourage illegal immigrants to pay less.

Mitt's still the same jerk who drove on a family vacation with the family dog on the roof of the car.

[MRDAWG]

30. As long as they can be called "independent contractors" the

wage will not affect all who need it.

[MichMan]

44. Or paid under the table in cash

[Dakota Flint]

31. I think

tissue samples need to be taken from each and every organ (unanesthetized to avoid sample contamination) in Cotton's body to prove to the world that it is actually human by DNA analysis.

[oldsoftie]

32. I support this. Its about time that BUSINESSES be held to account for their actions.

and if we truly want LEGAL immigration then that should be the MAIN focus. People wouldnt come here if they knew people wouldnt hire them.
Businesses need to be finally punished for doing it. And not some slap on the wrist. REAL punishment.

[TexasBushwhacker]

49. What about the undocumented workers who do work

American citizens don't want to do? Over half our agricultural workers are undocumented. American citizens don't want to do seasonal, back breaking work with no benefits or job security.

I worked for a commercial landscaping company. Starting pay was $10 hour or higher, depending on experience. They got overtime in the warm months. Our workers got regular paychecks with taxes withheld. They got a W2 in January. They all had ID and a Social Security card, but I was forbidden to check and see if they were valid. Some did have green cards.Why? We would gladly hire American citizens that spoke English, but there just aren't many of those folks who want to mow lawns in the hot August sun.

I dare Congress to pass a law that requires E-Verify, but they won't because it's considered "anti-business".

[nwliberalkiwi]

35. Mitt's Money

Mitt gave all his Father's money to BYU and then went to Miami to meet with exiled El Salvadorians to get money to fund the start-up for Bain Capital. They were literally the same people running the death squads in El Salvador. The murder/rape of four nuns. The murder of Arch Bishop Romero while conducting Mass.
Also for those that support the troops remember that when asked why his children were not in any of the US Service Branches Mitt's reply was: "That his children had better things to do with their lives."
Look up Bain Capital's closing American companies and shipping the jobs overseas. Mitt is not a great human being!!!

[niyad]

40. Thank you for those reminders. Have never, ever trusted him. And let us not forget his dog,

the poor little thing who had to ride on top of the car.

[jmowreader]

36. Time to pull out an old Republican canard

"They should enforce the laws already on the books."

A couple problems here:

First, we already have laws on the books to prevent illegal immigrants from being hired. The reason they can be hired is rich Republicans love cheap labor so much they're willing to spend money to buy fictitious paperwork for them.

Second, the Cotton-Romney Act is written so the wage increase doesn't go into effect until the pandemic is over. This means the pandemic will go on as long as it has to, and it has to go on long enough to put a Republican Congress and Administration back in so they can repeal this law on the first day.

Third, I don't have the bill text in front of me, but I'm certain there are enough poison pills in it that no sane Democrat would ever vote for it. When we don't, the entire right-wing media apparatus will start screaming about how Democrats don't really support a minimum wage increase but do support illegal immigrants stealing Americans' jobs.

[Warpy]

37. Hang a stiff fine onto that backed up with real enforcement, and we'll talk

otherwise it's just more feel good crapola from the GQP, who want corporations able to exploit undocumented workers while the government turns a blind eye.

[niyad]

39. So, traitor tom, and milquetoast mitt. . .what a cozy pair. I knew mittens could not stay in the

light too long.

[BlueIdaho]

41. It's cute watching the minority is keep itself busy

Pretending they have the power pass legislation.

[monkeyman1]

45. cotton

fake ranger cotton don't have a clue what the hell he is talking about !! i'd to see mr. string bean stand in the damn fields all day & pick vegetables that he eat's. just another wanna trump'y & we got rid of 1 ,don't need another ! saw his ad's when he was running & laughed my ass off ! what a fool !

[MissMillie]

46. Illegals working under the radar are not likely

affected by the minimum wage

[EndlessWire]

50. Fascist effers

Just a joke bill.

"Cotton added in a tweet that the wage increase in his and Romney’s bill would not go into effect until “after the pandemic has ended.” The bill would also include “protection for small businesses,” according to Cotton."

Uh huh. Who decides when the pandemic has ended? Them?

It's just stupid. It's tinged with fascism, requiring work papers of every worker. You need a damned passport to fly between states. Need papers to work. Soon you'll need identity papers to present to any cop that demands them (you kinda have to do that already.)

Well, this is a bill going nowhere. Throw it in the circular file. They are jerking us. Romney: Once a Repub, always a Repub, and he isn't getting elected Pres. What a waste of time.