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Journalist John Judis points out that the immigration reform proposal making
the rounds on Capitol Hill may mix with Obamacare to hurt the employment
prospects of American citizens.
The bill denies health insurance coverage to the 11 million undocumented
workers, who will become "registered provisional immigrants" (RPIs), and to
over 100,000 guest agricultural workers (who will get "blue cards" rather
than "green cards"). Only after immigrants become permanent residents, which
in the case of the eleven million undocumented will take a minimum of ten
years and as long as 15 years, will they become eligible for Obamacare.
It creates an incentive for employers to hire the new immigrants over
citizens or green-card holders and to provide neither with health insurance.
Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with fewer than 50 workers do not
have to buy health insurance for their employees, but businesses with 50 or
more workers—which employ about three-quarters of American workers—either
have to provide insurance or pay a fine for those workers who buy insurance
through the exchanges the act creates. The fine is ordinarily $2,000 but can
run as high as $3,000.
Sen. Marco Rubio, (R-FL), explains that the current immigration bill, which
he helped write, needs improvement if it is to clear Congress.
Businesses with 50 or more employees that choose to pay a fine rather
than provide insurance will not have to pay fines for the RPIs or blue-card
holders because they are not eligible for the exchanges. So employers will
be able to save from $2,000 to $3,000 a year by hiring a new immigrant over
an American citizen. For salaries that hover between $15,000 and $25,000, as
they do in many immigrant-heavy industries, that's no small savings.
In other words, a provision meant to deny a benefit to illegal immigrants
will wind up denying jobs to U.S. citizens.
the rounds on Capitol Hill may mix with Obamacare to hurt the employment
prospects of American citizens.
The bill denies health insurance coverage to the 11 million undocumented
workers, who will become "registered provisional immigrants" (RPIs), and to
over 100,000 guest agricultural workers (who will get "blue cards" rather
than "green cards"). Only after immigrants become permanent residents, which
in the case of the eleven million undocumented will take a minimum of ten
years and as long as 15 years, will they become eligible for Obamacare.
It creates an incentive for employers to hire the new immigrants over
citizens or green-card holders and to provide neither with health insurance.
Under the Affordable Care Act, employers with fewer than 50 workers do not
have to buy health insurance for their employees, but businesses with 50 or
more workers—which employ about three-quarters of American workers—either
have to provide insurance or pay a fine for those workers who buy insurance
through the exchanges the act creates. The fine is ordinarily $2,000 but can
run as high as $3,000.
Sen. Marco Rubio, (R-FL), explains that the current immigration bill, which
he helped write, needs improvement if it is to clear Congress.
Businesses with 50 or more employees that choose to pay a fine rather
than provide insurance will not have to pay fines for the RPIs or blue-card
holders because they are not eligible for the exchanges. So employers will
be able to save from $2,000 to $3,000 a year by hiring a new immigrant over
an American citizen. For salaries that hover between $15,000 and $25,000, as
they do in many immigrant-heavy industries, that's no small savings.
In other words, a provision meant to deny a benefit to illegal immigrants
will wind up denying jobs to U.S. citizens.
