Assuming the illegal alien didn't have forged papers and wasn't pretending to be legal, I think an employer has to pay for workplace injuries regardless of whether the employee was legal or illegal.
Employers are responsible for workplace injuries. That responsibility shouldn't be waived just because he cheated and hired an illegal alien.
If he purposely hired the illegal, he should also go to jail for violating the laws of the state and the country against hiring illegal aliens.
They pay the illegals slave labor wages depressing wage rates in our local economies. I see this at local construction sites all the time. I see them get injured but fear job loss if they tell anyone.
Bush is kowtowing to the small business owner providing a dirt cheap labor force. It's all about money.