[upchuck]

Please tell me this new bill includes a fine of $10,000 and five years in prison for employers who hire Criminal Aliens.

If it doesn't, it not worth the paper it's printed on.

[TAquinas]

"Please tell me this new bill includes a fine of $10,000 and five years in prison for employers who hire Criminal Aliens."

Oh, I wish America's ruling elite would allow such a fine. But not just criminal aliens, all illegal aliens. Moreover, a $10,000 fine is just chicken feed. I'd go for $100,000 per illegal alien head hired by our treasonous employers.

[righttackle44]

"Please tell me this new bill includes a fine of $10,000 and five years in prison for employers who hire Criminal Aliens."

Hey, if it'll stem employment at the U.N., then we've gotta consider it.

[thelastvirgil]

Yesterday, I called the regional office of INS to complain about a local construction company's hiring of illegal immigrants. The person I spoke with suggested that I personally verify each and every worker's eligibility, and report back to her.

My question to her was: Should I ask the employer for copies of I-9's, or go onto the worksite and ask each worker for proof of a work permit or green card? She suggested that I-9's are a part of an employee's personnel file, and that the employer is not obligated to make them available to me or anyone else outside the government.

That put us right back where we started, and I asked why someone from INS, with the authority to look into the situation, couldn't look into it. She told me that she could only suggest that I call the employer and take his word whether his employees are working legally.

I next asked what I should do if I learned from the workers that they weren't working legally. She said there was nothing an individual could do except file a report with the regional office. She would not speculate how long it would take for them to investigate the problem.

Again, enforce the existing laws. Passing new law is only smoke and mirrors. Cornyn must be running for something.