Nosy Poll: Ever have an Illegal Immigrant work for or with you ?
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Nosy Poll: Ever have an Illegal Immigrant work for or with you ?
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10-07-2010, 04:37 PM
Knowingly or Unknowingly ?
MW... well, the landscaper had this guy working for him who spoke no English at all. It was pretty clear. And there's a huge illegal population in the next town down the highway from us.
10-07-2010, 05:10 PM
We have quite a few immigrant populations in Ma.
Different cities with differing and varying populations. Way too easy to get fake documentation. Even ICE can have a hard time . Most have green and worker cards and temp documentations and extensions. Like taxes, the paperwork has gotten horribly murky, one almost needs a lawyer to know who is supposed to have what and is allowed to to or not do. Too many exceptions to rules, too. I had one guy I'm fairly certain had fake documents, but on the advice of an attorney I was advised not to question the validity, as there are laws pertaining to discrimination surrounding questioning validities of documentation. It's safest to not ask nor tell.
10-07-2010, 05:21 PM
An employer can't question the validity of documentation a worker presents.
As long as the worker has the minimum specified for the I-9, the employer has to take it. Though some employers choose to cover their ass(ets) by using a middleman. One of my former employers would not hire casual labor (landscapers, etc.) directly - they always went with an outside agency (e.g. 'Bob's Quality Temps') More expensive, but it forces 'Bob' to deal with any eligibility issues that might later crop up...
10-07-2010, 05:26 PM
I worked with someone who was free lancing, however when he was offered a full time position they learned he had let his green card expire. But due to his being a Chinese citizen who was a student in the U.S. during the Tiananmen Square protests, he was granted some sort of special status and got a new green card no problems. Well, the company paid their lawyers to handle the red tape but it was pretty straight forward.
10-07-2010, 05:31 PM
You forgot to include the following option:
Yes - but not before I went on CNN every night and demonized them.
10-07-2010, 05:33 PM
mick e wrote:(tu)
10-07-2010, 05:45 PM
Yes.
I worked with a bunch of Irish and English illegals in the 1980s. edit: I worked *with* or *for* these people; I was a teen or young adult at the time |
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