[lady lawyer]

I have clients who employ illegal aliens. They pay them the same as they pay anyone else. They suspect they are illegal, but they show up with documents that are probably forged, and they have to treat them like everyone else. The employers are between a rock and a hard place. If they start treating Hispanic applicants differently, and demand more proof, or check their ID's more carefully, the EEOC would be on them so fast it would make their heads spin.

[txdoda]

I have clients who employ illegal aliens. They pay them the same as they pay anyone else. >>>>>>

Yes, I know many work with forged papers, (also illegal) but many work 'under the table', for cash.

The employers are between a rock and a hard place. If they start treating Hispanic applicants differently, and demand more proof, or check their ID's more carefully, the EEOC would be on them so fast it would make their heads spin.>>>>

Again, *if* the gov't were doing their job, seeking out the illegal employers & fining them (according to law), then all employers would be justified in verifying ALL ID's & SS #'s.

[Axenolith]

Thats pretty funny when you compare it to how bad ones rear gets fried if you sell alcohol or smokes to a minor using a fake ID...

[usadave]

I have clients who employ illegal aliens. They pay them the same as they pay anyone else. They suspect they are illegal, but they show up with documents that are probably forged, and they have to treat them like everyone else. The employers are between a rock and a hard place. If they start treating Hispanic applicants differently, and demand more proof, or check their ID's more carefully, the EEOC would be on them so fast it would make their heads spin.

All that employers would have to do is to check ALL job applicants' ID's and documentation more carefully so there would be no claims of discrimination towards Mexican job applicants. But employers don't want to do that because then they would know that illegal aliens are applying for the jobs, and employers are quite aware that it's illegal to knowingly hire an illegal alien. Since it's these very illegal aliens that employers want to hire in the first place, by not checking all job applicants' ID's and documentation more carefully, employers can plead ignorance if it can be proven that they have illegal aliens working for them. Employers know exactly how to get around the law against knowingly hiring illegal aliens.