Until recently all I was ever hearing about was the illegal workers were getting busted by immigration. Very rarely were the employers hit. And when they were they would claim the illegals were working for a contractor etc. and get off scot free.
Frankly I think that whenever someone gets busted in an immigration raid, the employer should spend time in jail, and pay a fine equivalent to the worker's salary for 10 years. Moreover their business should be confiscated and the proceeds be used to house the illegals until they can be shipped back to their native country. The current penalities are a complete joke, many companies from what I understand consider those penalties as a cost of doing business. If the employer penalties were more realistic, I doubt there would be much a problem in a couple of years. >My big problem, is that there are 12 million illegals in the country, they >use resources (clinics, schools, welfare, etc) intended for tax paying >citizens, without paying into the system. So their getting a free ride. > >There are two counties in Virginia, Prince William and Loudon that have >enacted legislation that requires proof of citizenship before being allowed >access to county services, I'm all for this, provided that it's a level >playing field, which means that everyone is held to the same standard. > >I don't buy into "oh it's so difficult and expensive to get into the US" >it's not. The system does need to be streamlined, but I've seen no evidence >of any ridiculous fees... > >I also don't buy into the notion that the US owes the world something and >should simply throw open it's borders. There's not another country in the >world that has completely open borders, we shouldn't have them either. > >-- >Scott Stewart >ColdFusion Developer > >SSTWebworks >4405 Oakshyre Way >Raleigh, NC. 27616 >(703) 220-2835 > >http://www.sstwebworks.com >http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks > > >>nah, the crime rate, the illegals who populate our jails, and the money >>I FUCKING SPEND ON IT with my $1000 a paycheck that goes towards >>them and the fucking war in iraq. >> > >I'd like to see some real numbers on that. All I've ever heard so far is >nativist rhetoric about the evil illegal immigrants who are here to murder >us, rape our wimmin and park illegally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239987 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
