The unintended consequences may be that employers will think twice before hiring illegals because they are too much trouble. The obvious solution of the geniuses in the CA legislature will then be a requirement that every business must employ a certain number of illegals.
Thinking twice won’t help either. If someone has the documentation and are qualified you can find yourself in trouble there too.
That’s a good point. Risk pissing off ice agents and making them come back with warrants, or pay 10k fines to the state.
Knowing that most employers care more about lowering their labor costs, they’ll be happy to take the chance though... until.... Ice starts showing up repeatedly. If I was the head of ICE, I’d put the pressure on these employers. See if they crack.
“No one should have to go to work every day scared of the threat of deportation.” Actually, no one who would be under the threat of deportation should be going to work. That said, I wonder if chiu has plans for the anticipated fines, such as diverting the funds to the Slow Speed Brown Streak.