Forged documents?! Outrageous!! Has Obama staked out a position For or Against this?
Hmmmm . . . who’da thought that egregious breaking of immigration laws might lead to other offences? Guess ya kin larn sumpin’ new ever day!
Anyone they can prove used the threat of contacting immigration authorities to threaten workers, needs to go to jail.
If they were violating labor laws buy not paying required overtime, they need to be punished according to those laws.
However, I would also be cautious to believe the words of people who would like nothing more than to be granted residency because they were treated unfairly.
They provided false documentation and lied to gain employment. Their credibility is questionable at best. There needs to be evidence that confirms their stories.
I'm not saying the management is innocent. They can't have had half of their workforce be illegal aliens and not have known. However, I'd still be cautious about believing the extent of their stories.
You have two groups of dishonest criminals pointing fingers at each other. The media is likely to choose the most sensational stories, but they aren't likely to care to dig enough to discover if how much truth there is to them.
There's the key. Mere fines are just a cost of doing business. Losing managers or supervisors is too bad, but they can be replaced. But, Dear God, don't send any of the upper echelon to jail - that would be, well, UnAmerican!
The chill that would sweep through Corporate America would bring on another Ice Age.