Causing panic is a major point of raiding workplaces that employ illegal aliens
(NY Times) The Trump administration is taking its campaign against illegal immigration to the workplace.
The raids by federal agents on dozens of 7-Eleven convenience stores last week were the administration’s first big show of force meant to convey the consequences of employing undocumented people.
“We are taking work-site enforcement very hard,” said Thomas D. Homan, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in a speech in October. “Not only are we going to prosecute the employers who knowingly hire the illegal aliens, we are going to detain and remove the illegal alien workers.”
In reality, raiding workplaces is nothing new. It happened under Obama, Bush 43, Clinton, etc. The only difference here is that the Trump administration is making a slightly bigger deal in doing it.
When agents raid workplaces, they often demand to see employees’ immigration documents and make arrests. But after the agents leave, it is difficult for the government to meaningfully penalize businesses that hire unauthorized immigrants.
Instead, according to law enforcement officials and experts with differing views of the immigration debate, a primary goal of such raids is to dissuade those working illegally from showing up for their jobs — and to warn prospective migrants that even if they make it across the border, they may end up being captured at work.
And that right there is a big problem. Not the part about dissuading, but the part about not being able to penalize businesses. I have long stated that the law should be changed so that businesses can be slapped with civil and criminal penalties. Several sections of current law sort of applies, but not to a point of a serious deterrent.
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8 comments:
The I-9 forms requiring positive ID of all employees before they start work have been around since the mid 80s. Owners, businesses and managers who violate the law can face a lot of personal penalties, both fines and prison. Hire someone who is legal.
Enforcement of our laws is what makes America great. Cant wait till they lock up the crooked politicians.
It's our governments way of helping them celebrate their own holiday, "day without migrants". I don't know why they are so upset, they finally got federal recognition! Hopefully they come to the shore and round some up! Maybe they'll hit delmar pizza, I remember they had to close that day, target rich environment!
There is a lettuce farm near Hebron that needs a visit
So what happened to the $10,000.00 fine for hiring illegal, undocumented, aliens?
The INS hits one chicken plant, neighboring ones see a drop in their employees returning the next day also. It's the smaller employers, like the 7-11's that need the attention by INS.
I agree there needs to be fine inforcement.
If u ask me there are more important things than worryinga bout the illegals the government has bigger things to worry about like all of our homeless and vets so they work jobs us lazy ass americans dont want to do so what leave them alone they have their reasons for coming over here and to be honest as a us citizen by 100% if i had to live in those countrus i would come here too instead of dealing with all the corruption and the violence their country has so yall need to do research and technically most of is so called americans going back in history our ancestors came here and stole land so who the hell r we to judge
5:17-If you wanted to make a point, you failed. Half way through, I gave up trying to understand your rant.
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