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Originally Posted by spartan933  If you are going the route of deporting illegal immigrants, I then want to have all the businesses that hire them fined, BIG TIME. They break the law just the same by not paying taxes on their employees. Put them out of business. It's only fair. They are just as liable as the illegal immigrants. |
While I agree with you that companies that "KNOWINGLY" hire illegals should be dealt with, the laws that govern how we hire people need to be changed first. As a landscape contractor I have seen my share of illegal immigrants. I have been there physically holding guys while INS agents take them away. The problem is that it is too easy for illegals to get what appears to be legitimate paperwork. Social Security will not allow you to verify a SSN as legit until
after you hire them. Even then all it checks is if the number matches the name. Surprise it usually does.
I would love to hire local hard working reliable workers to mow grass for 10-12 hours a day in high heat and humidity. The vast majority of locals don't want to work that hard, can't seem to remember to get up to come to work, can't seem to remember that drunk is not a good way to show up to work, etc. etc. We even offer health, dental, 401k, bonuses, overtime, company trips, PTO and still can't get reliable labor locally.
We police our hiring practices very closely to make sure that everyone we hire is legal. Most of our employees are referred to us from other employees ( they get a bonus for this) or are family members. We catch a large percentage of the people that apply for jobs through our screening process. Have we ever hired an illegal employee? Yes, and it gets dealt with as the situation arises. To fine our company BIG TIME for this just doesn't make sense.
And not pay taxes on their employees? The gov. collects their money whether they are legal or not.
