Buckeye Reporter

Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) has introduced the SAFE HIRE Act, a bill that proposes new penalties for executives who hire undocumented immigrants. The legislation aims to make corporate leaders personally liable if they are found employing individuals without legal status.

“While liberals like Gavin Newsom pretend to care about human rights, the sad truth is that the Democrats’ open borders agenda is really about undercutting American wages and ensuring their billionaire donors have a constant supply of cheap, foreign labor,” said Moreno. “So let’s make this simple, executives who abuse illegal immigrants with slave wages should be held personally liable and face severe consequences if they’re caught. This cannot be a country built on servitude, American workers must come first.”

The SAFE HIRE Act draws from the approach of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which established personal accountability for corporate executives in cases of financial fraud. Moreno's proposal would extend similar accountability measures to violations of immigration law by business leaders.