David Dreier, U.S. Representative from the 26th Congressional District of California

U.S. Representative David Dreier (R-CA) is sponsoring the Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2005, H.R. 98, intended to put an end to the hiring of workers who are not legally entitled to be in the United States.

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims held hearings today on this bill. To read a press release from Congressman Dreier's office about these hearings and about H.R. 98, click here.

American Politics Today spoke this afternoon with Jo Maney, Congressman Dreier's press secretary, about H.R. 98. You can listen to that conversation in its entirety by clicking here.

To access the text of Congressman Dreier's testimony today before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, click here.

To access a list of U.S. Representative co-sponsors of H.R. 98, click here.

H.R. 98, the "Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2005," increases penalties for hiring people not legally entitled to be in the U.S., up to $50,000 in civil penalties per illegally-hired employee and up to five years in prison for the employer doing the illegal hiring, per illegally-hired employee. To see a comparison of the penalties for illegal hiring under the present law and under the provisions of H.R. 98, click here.

To read a summary of H.R. 98, here.

To read the text of H.R. 98, click here.

You can access a link to a video recording of today's hearing on H.R. 98, the "Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2005," by clicking here.