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U.S. Puts Onus on Employers of Immigrants
NY Times' Terrorist Tip Sheet ^ | July 31, 2006 | JULIA PRESTON

Posted on 07/30/2006 9:16:21 PM PDT by neverdem

CINCINNATI, July 30 — Immigration agents had prepared a nasty surprise for the Garcia Labor Company, a temporary worker contractor, when they moved against it on charges of hiring illegal immigrants. They brought a 40-count federal indictment, part of a new nationwide strategy by immigration officials to clamp down on employers of illegal immigrant laborers.

Maximino Garcia, the president of the company, which provides low-wage laborers to businesses from Pennsylvania to Texas, stood before a federal judge here on Tuesday to answer conspiracy charges of aiding illegal immigrants and money laundering. If convicted, Mr. Garcia, who pleaded not guilty, could serve 20 years in jail and forfeit his headquarters building and $12 million.

The criminal charges against Mr. Garcia and his company were brought by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security. The campaign has included at least five other federal indictments of business executives in Ohio and Kentucky and has sent payroll managers rushing to re-examine their workers’ papers and rethink plans for their work force.

It also created a new environment of fear in Ohio’s immigrant communities.

“It’s a very uneasy feeling,” said Sister Teresa Ann Wolf, a Roman Catholic nun who works with immigrant workers in Canton, Ohio. “People are afraid to leave the house to go to the store. They are afraid to come to church.”

Until recently, the worst that Mr. Garcia, 43, might have expected from the immigration authorities was a civil fine and the deportation of some illegal workers. In April, with President Bush under fire from both Democrats and Republicans who accused him of being lax on employers of illegal immigrants, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced the new campaign. It focuses on those suspected of violations with felony charges that could lead to huge financial...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Kentucky; US: Michigan; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; employers; illegalaliens; illegalimmigrants; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigrants; immigration
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To: FairOpinion

They wouldn't be coming across the border if they didn't KNOW some unethical employer would hire them.


81 posted on 07/31/2006 6:50:53 AM PDT by marty60
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To: raybbr
You got that right. There are some Americans who believe that we are entitled to a permanent "servant class". A servant class that will always be taken advantage of by paying them substandard wages, forcing them to live in poverty and expecting handouts/welfare, just one step above slaves.

If employers where forced to pay competitive wages there would be no illegal alien problem, because legal Americans would be battling for those jobs. Illegals would not cross the boarders because all the jobs would have been taken by more qualified people if employers where forced to pay a competitive wage. Capitalism and market forces work every time they are tried, so if a strawberry or tomato farmer can't make a living paying a fair, living wage maybe he should try something else.

As Americans we should all believe in a fair wage for honest work. It is time to stop taking advantage of other people. Employers should all be above board with who they employ, no more under the table wages, full benefits. I this where common place the illegal alien problem would take care of it self.
82 posted on 07/31/2006 8:28:42 AM PDT by 2001convSVT ("People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence")
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


83 posted on 07/31/2006 9:13:37 AM PDT by gubamyster
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To: FairOpinion

Stick it where the sun doesn't shine!


84 posted on 07/31/2006 9:15:07 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: FairOpinion

"The points is, how is the employer supposed to know that?"

They can check them on a web site with up to 10 inquires/request.



85 posted on 07/31/2006 9:25:02 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: FairOpinion
"It's our government's JOB to enforce our laws."

The fact remains that we have a president who has flatly refused to enforce those very laws ever since he took office. The invasion has continued, to the tune of around 3 million every year.

This president has failed to protect American borders in the face of terrorism and invasion. What is your solution to a president who has turned his back on American taxpayers and workers in favor of foreign interests?

86 posted on 07/31/2006 9:26:13 AM PDT by janetgreen
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To: neverdem
“It’s a very uneasy feeling,” said Sister Teresa Ann Wolf, a Roman Catholic nun who works with immigrant workers in Canton, Ohio. “People are afraid to leave the house to go to the store. They are afraid to come to church.”

What do you have to fear if you're here legally?

87 posted on 07/31/2006 9:28:42 AM PDT by TChris (Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
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To: beachn4fun

Thanks for the ping, beachie!


88 posted on 07/31/2006 12:02:19 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Make your choice and save your tears....AM YISRAEL CHAI!)
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To: FairOpinion

Tell you what, I would rather have tasteless fruits and other tasteless ag products, than see my neighborhood become a crime ridden barrio and the political center of my local area shift dramatically to the left.

You as a Californian should know this better than most anyone about the price of cheap and illegal labor, and the long term political impact.


89 posted on 07/31/2006 12:37:56 PM PDT by RFT1
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To: panthermom

People that use that kind of "logic" such as X fruit will cost $10 a peice and such arent all that intelligent in my book.


90 posted on 07/31/2006 12:38:58 PM PDT by RFT1
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To: FairOpinion
Oh yeah, it's really hard to know your employees are using fake social security numbers, especially when the IRS sends you a letter telling you that!

Every year the IRS sends thousands of such letters to employers accross the country, and then no one does anything about it. Many of the social security numbers are so obvious, like 000-00-0000, you'd have to be a complete idiot not to know that they're fake.

If that's not enough, the social security administration has a website wherein you can instantly verify an employee's social security number.

There is no excuse.

91 posted on 07/31/2006 5:55:57 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: curiosity
If that's not enough, the social security administration has a website wherein you can instantly verify an employee's social security number.

How to verify Social Security numbers over the Internet

92 posted on 08/02/2006 11:36:14 AM PDT by Tarantulas ( Illegal immigration - the trojan horse that's treated like a sacred cow)
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