Dunkin' Donuts To Screen Out Illegals

Dunkin' Donuts, a 5,000 store chain, which is based primarily on the East Coast has announced that all its stores will be required to begin participating in the voluntary Federal Basic Pilot Program to ensure they are not hiring illegal aliens. The Basic Pilot Program allows employers to run social security numbers into a database to confirm whether that number is valid or invalid or stolen. Results usually are returned within 10 seconds. Out of close to a million numbers run so far, 170,000 have been flagged. That's an alarming percentage. It shows the extent of the use of illicit Social Security numbers.

Only a little over 6,000 employers out of 8 million use the Basic Pilot Program. If the program were mandatory, illegal employment would be cut drastically & would go a long way in curtailing illegal immigration. As usual, Congress has failed to make it mandatory.

Said a Dunkin' Donuts spokesman: “Our hiring policy is simple: WE FOLLOW THE LAW!” New signs posted in every shop will read, “This company hires lawful workers only - U.S. citizens or nationals and non-citizens with valid work authorization - without discrimination.”

Now if only the Federal government would follow Dunkin' Donuts lead & start enforcing the laws already on the books. We urge everyone to patronize Dunkin' Donuts & get some yummy coffee & donuts.