[cyclotic]

I work indirectly with many of these guys, showcasing my company’s construction products on jobsites. It seems many of them are here on work permits and are legal. Of course, many, many are not legal too.

[Osage Orange]

Seems....you really don’t know. Do you!

[Law is not justice but process]

I prosecute these guys all the time and 90% or more are illegal and they all work construction, landscaping, or in restaurants. None of them have green cards or SSNs. There are a very few here on work permits, but by and large those work in legitimate, paycheck, tax-witholding jobs. The guys doing the low-skilled work on the job sites all are paid in cash at the end of the week and I am pretty much completely certain none of them pays a penny of taxes (other than sales taxes when they hit the local Wal-Mart). Are they just hiring them as day labor? If so, why are the same guys working there every day? IS there no reporting or record-keeping requirement for such jobs?