I'm in the same boat, but in healthcare.
I was absolutely amazed (not shocked, but amazed) when one Mexican woman I was treating (who is married to an American, and spoke decent English), was going on to tell me how one of her brothers was in jail for human trafficing and smuggling.
She was also, for some reason, "worried" that if she crossed back into Mexico to visit family there, she might have her papers "taken away." (at first I thought, why? You're a resident, you're married to an American...what's wrong with the papers?). I think because she shares the same name as her brother, and did not want anything linked to him.
Then, she went on, saying that she would be afraid that they would take her "social security" away....(this woman was in her later 30's). I was treating her for a "worker's comp" injury to her back, in which she was nearing discharge because of her nearing full recovery.
Does that make any sense??
It shouldn't, because if you are on social security, you are not "working." She is using someone else's SS# to collect on, in addition to her working somewhere else (and now collecting worker's comp).
Another spanish speaking fellow came in for treatment, and they were talking, in Spanish, about "coming here." I don't understand much, but I think she was telling him about what her brother (the "coyote" did before he landed in jail)....I did understand "DOOGLAS"...aka "Douglas, AZ" where one of the main routes (and gushing holes in our border) is at. That is where he was "encouraging" her to go through, if she wanted to visit Mexico and return undetected.
I think I still have scratches on my chin from my jaw hitting the ground. And there's not much I could do. I could take names, information, but I am not certain they are not fabricated.
Again, for us, "we don't know, and it's not our job to know."
Thanks for the ping.
I scanned the thread and I see what y'all are sayin'.
The degree to which we cannot speak is the measure of how far this invasion has succeeded.
I'll spare you my "short history of illegal immigration" ... for the moment.
But, since we are trading gory stories, Los Angeles is officially a "sanctuary city."
Apparently, this occurred by some edict of the City Council.
Federal law does not apply here?
Californians recently defeated proposed legislation to require medical personnel to determine citizenship status of patients.
Well, I understand the defeat because-- with all the responsibility, the fast pace, of medical care --- they don't want to also conduct law enforcement.
The buck is being very adroitly passed.