RESOLUTION

OF THE

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY REPUBLICAN CLUB 

RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE USE OF THE BASIC PILOT PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BY GOVERNMENTAL BODIES AND COMMENDING THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR BEING THE FIRST TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM

WHEREAS, The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau (USCIS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) are jointly conducting the Basic Pilot Program, which is readily accessible for the use of all employers in the United States and involves verification checks of the SSA and DHS databases, using an automated system to verify the employment authorization of all hired employees, and

WHEREAS, the use of fraudulent identification and especially the use of fraudulent Social Security numbers by employees who are not authorized to be hired has become wide-spread in the United States, and

WHEREAS, it is illegal for employees to use fraudulent identification for purposes of employment, and

WHEREAS, the United States is a Constitutional Republic in which one of the most significant features of its Constitution is the establishment of the Rule of Law, and

WHEREAS, State and Local governmental bodies should be foremost in setting an example by enforcing the law, and

WHEREAS, the West Covina Unified School District, through a resolution introduced by board member Mike Spence, and passed unanimously by the entire board, has resolved to use the Basic Pilot Program for screening employees, and has therefore become the first governmental body in the United States to adopt the use of the Basic Pilot Program, and

WHEREAS, it is desirable that other governmental bodies follow the example of the West Covina Unified School District and adopt the use of the Basic Pilot Program, and

WHEREAS, State Department Watch, through its Los Angeles Office, has begun a program to encourage governmental bodies to adopt the use of the Basic Pilot Program, has visited several governmental bodies to propose that they use the Basic Pilot Program and maintains on its web site, www.statedepartmentwatch.org a chart of local governmental bodies to whom the proposal to use the Basic Pilot Program has been presented,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the San Fernando Valley Republican Club commends and congratulates the West Covina Unified School District for being the first governmental body in the United States to adopt the use of the Basic Pilot Program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the San Fernando Valley Republican Club urges all governmental bodies at the local, state, and national levels to adopt the use of the Basic Pilot Program for screening their employees.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the San Fernando Valley Republican Club will provide assistance to State Department Watch in its efforts to contact governmental bodies in Los Angeles County and encourage them to adopt the Basic Pilot Program.

Passed by the San Fernando Valley Republican Club this 2nd Day of January, 2007.

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY REPUBLICAN CLUB

By /s/ Gary Aminoff                                                           

 Gary Aminoff, President

By /s/ Val Cymbal                                                           

Vladimir Cymbal, Vice President

ATTEST:

/s/ Karen Shapiro

Karen Shapiro, Secretary