[mtbopfuyn]

How can one be certain of not hiring illegals?

Does the guy speak English? Does his family speak English? Does he send money back to Mexico? Does he have a real SS card or did he just give your father a ramdom number? Not so helpful, but does he have a driver's license? When your father hired him, did he do a criminal record check? He could do a people search online (small fee) for the employee. Can't he call SS and ask if there's any problem with the SS number? Does the guy travel to Mexico regularly? Sitting over coffee, your dad can turn conversations to where he was born, how he grew up, etc. If he suspects the guy is illegal, then odds are he is. It's not that difficult to figure out if someone is illegal.

[Onelifetogive]

Does the guy speak English? Does his family speak English? Does he send money back to Mexico? Does he have a real SS card or did he just give your father a ramdom number? Not so helpful, but does he have a driver's license? When your father hired him, did he do a criminal record check? He could do a people search online (small fee) for the employee. Can't he call SS and ask if there's any problem with the SS number? Does the guy travel to Mexico regularly? Sitting over coffee, your dad can turn conversations to where he was born, how he grew up, etc. If he suspects the guy is illegal, then odds are he is. It's not that difficult to figure out if someone is illegal.

The problem is that one cannot subject one employee to scrutiny that ALL emlpoyees are not subject to.....or can they? Small businesses are more afraid of schyster lawyers than a toothless INS...

[taxed2death]

"Does he have a real SS card"?

Illegals are actively courted by our SS to obtain valid cards.....it was all part of GWB's "normalization" of SS with messsssico.