As strongly opposed to illegal immigration as I am, I do not see why someone who is doing a job should not get the protection of workers comp for that job.
It seems that there are many people in this country (I don't mean anybody here) who truly wish to have some sort of underclass of workers, a serf class, a helot class. What do his employers think should happen to this guy now? He should just drop dead because he got hurt on their job? This attitude disgusts me.
IMHO, I think the Illegal DESERVES nada. They roll the dice coming here. They could get hurt/killed in the desert, by a train, from traffic, etc, etc. None of which would happen IF they stayed home.
BUT
I am soooo sick of greedy business owners cheating us all by hiring Illegals, I have no problem seeing each sued into insolvency.
I do think illegals who are injured on the job should be taken care of BUT not by worker's comp- or any taxpayer funded means. Make the EMPLOYER pay.
Most employ illegals to avoid all the payroll taxes, unemployment costs and workers comp insurance. While I agree that those costs are out of site, and cause many businesses to seek illegal workers- that is another issue that needs to be reformed in this country.
If a business owner hires an illegal; that business owner should be responsible for any costs from injuries on the job.
"As strongly opposed to illegal immigration as I am, I do not see why someone who is doing a job should not get the protection of workers comp for that job.
It seems that there are many people in this country (I don't mean anybody here) who truly wish to have some sort of underclass of workers, a serf class, a helot class. What do his employers think should happen to this guy now? He should just drop dead because he got hurt on their job? This attitude disgusts me."
I agree totally with your sentiment, but I also like the post above that said that employers have been found liable, not the insurance funds, in some cases. To me, it is fairly simple. If you pay the premiums, you are entitled to the coverage, legal or illegal. If your employer elects not to collect and remit the premiums, then he assumes the liability himself. I agree that it isn't fair to throw human lives away when someone is injured on the job.