[sonsofliberty2000]

Good point. But does Wal-Mart become liable if they hire a cleaning crew that hires illegals? Do they need to check out the hiring credentials first? (I really don't know, but may be a cause.)

I believe that an employee that works at another company has to be registered or some such (can't think of the word) before being able to work there on-site. Could this be a cause?

[kinghorse]

This pleases my very being.

Well at least insomuch as it doesn't put a crimp on my access to cheap labor needed to do menial tasks such as lawn work, cooking and cleaning. If it was to affect my access to these services I would very likely have a differing opinion.

/dripping with sarcasm

[RikaStrom]

Good point. But does Wal-Mart become liable if they hire a cleaning crew that hires illegals? Do they need to check out the hiring credentials first?

The contract company is liable. The illegals work for the contract company, that company is required to do the I-9s and verify status. Wal-Mart would never actually have anything to do with the I-9s because these particular individuals are not the employees of Wal-Mart, they are the employees of the contract agency.

[So Cal Rocket]

But does Wal-Mart become liable if they hire a cleaning crew that hires illegals?

I sure hope not...

If it does then you and I are liable if we hire a roofing company to re-roof our home, and they are using illegal aliens as roofers.

[libertylass]

Sub-contractor's have to deduct taxes from paychecks, and pay workers compensation benefits, etc. When they hire illegals they pay them under the table and pass on any benefits. Wal Mart has a responsibility to know who their sub-contractors hire. I worked at TRW for years and they also hired cleaning crews that can't spit out a word of English. Who cleaned our halls and bathrooms before the immigration wave of the last 5-10 years? They didn't clean themselves.....citizens did! Citizens who can no longer get those jobs because the sub-contractors are mostly hispanic and only work other hispanics. That's all we see here in Southern California.

[Paulus Invictus]

The cleaning crews at local Wal-Marts are all W-M employees and a lot of them are illegals. I know that for a fact.