Reply #41: Enforce The LABOR LAWS (And Raise the Minimum Wage!) [View All]

[AndyTiedye]

The reason employers hire illegals is because they can get away with
flagrant violation of wage and hour laws, OSHA, and all the other laws
that are supposed to protect workers.

They can get away with this because if the workers complain,
the employer calls La Migra.

When employers are caught, they claim they were acting in good faith,
and are generally believed (could YOU spot a good fake ID?), so nothing
happens to them.

The real crime is the wages and working conditions, and the employers
cannot claim ignorance of those. Bust them for that, and allow workers
to sue for triple damages for labor law violations. Go after the
employers for unpaid payroll taxes as well. What these employers are
doing is a crime no matter where their workers come from.