Posted on 04/10/2009 7:54:07 PM PDT by Inappropriate Laughter
“His brother, Ivan — also in the U.S. illegally — visits on weekends off work. Leon’s grandmother, the only family member with a passport, has visited from Monterrey, Mexico. Leon doesn’t return to Monterrey because he isn’t sure his family can provide the medical care he needs.”
Amazing how being ILLEGAL is something to be proud of.
Why doesn’t family step in and take him home?
It’s tiem he returned to Mexico and had family care for him.
“Leon worked first under a fake Social Security number, then procured a real number under a fake name — Jesse James Craig. Hastings and Leon allege Altec knew about — and helped get around — his, Ivan’s and other workers’ illegal status, pointing to W-2 forms that show Ivan worked for Altec under three different names.”
Breaks our laws AGAIN and still presents this sob story.
Amazing!
“A civil court judge ruled Altec did not owe Leon anything for negligence, citing a precedent case that gives an employer legal immunity when they provide workers’ compensation. But Altec denied Leon workers’ compensation because of his illegal status.”
As it should be DENIED.
“This guy paid taxes. He paid higher taxes than me,” Hastings said. “But now, no one wants to help him.”
He should have gotten in line and come here LEGALLY. I doubt that he paid taxes. Under which of the three names did he pay these “taxes”? If he was paid so well, why isn't he paying his medical bills or purchase his own medical insurance?
“Companies shouldn't be hiring illegal immigrants in the first place, said former state Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Port St. Lucie. But even if the employer knew the worker was illegal, Harrell said that doesn't entitle an injured worker — already breaking the law — to benefits.”
Correct!
he comes here illegally. Uses a fake social security number under three different names and now wants tax payers to have him compensated for LEGAL BENEFITS to a LEGAL CITIZEN? Amazing how arrogant people are.
“I don't think we should give any rights to illegals to start with,” said Harrell, who made stopping illegal immigration her top issue when she campaigned for U.S. House District 16. “You've got all these contractors out of work. We should be hiring legal workers, not illegal ones. These contractors could avoid all these sticky lawsuits.”
A criminal is a criminal Leon. Your only "right" as an illegal insurgent criminal invader of this country is prosecution. Stop sucking off of our medical system.
Go back to your home country and have them take care of you.
And take your illegal relatives with you to take care of you in the tropical paradise of Mexico.
Make it also less attractive to ILLEGALS in giving them NO LEGAL RECOURSE for workman's comp or any other benefits.
I agree.
No tears shed here.
THIS is what is also helping to destroy out country.
He could have used all that effort to come here LEGALLY. He didn’t. He continued to break more of our laws and in essence thumb his nose at LEGAL CITIZENS. Now that he has some tough times ... he’s presented as a sob story.
Of course he was!
Employers win bids with CHEAP labor.
The entitlement mentality with a sob story really Ike's me.
They've taken over painting, roofing, waitering, retail jobs, fast food cashiers and landscaping among other occupations formally held by LEGAL Americans.
Workers compensation laws vary from state to state. In Wisconsin, workers, legal and illegal, collect benefits and get their medicals paid by the employer’s WC insurance carrier. With this fact situation in WI, the carrier could lessen the benefits 15% if the worker’s use of cocaine or alcohol was casual to the accident, but the carrier bears the burden of proof of cause.
This employer violated federal law by hiring a person it knew to be an illegal as the employer filed several forms with different names on this worker. The federal law violation is just a fine and many employers feel it’s just a cost of doing business and like that illegals work for lower wages. Omama wants to overlook illegals as he expects them to vote for him even though their votes are not lawful.
Poor Leon...he took his chances....Ping!
” “He’s in a place where basically the American government is saying, ‘Go die somewhere.’ “
We need billboards across the countrey with that message on them!
TURN IN EMPLOYERs IF YOU KNOW THEY ARE HIRING ILLEGALS, THE IRS IS PAYING FINDERS FEES FOR TURNING THEM IN!!!!
“it’s human nature for poor people to want to better their lot.”
We need a bounty on them, dead or alive!!
Go through the proper procedure, wait your turn and come here legally!!!
“In Kaleefornia, illegals are entitled to recover full work comp benefits as well as sue for damages in civil court”
Not only that they are entitled to full welfare benefits immediatly where citizens have a hard time qualifying, thank you Gray Davis!
If it were up to ne this guy gets taken the border and pushed across into Mexico
He earned his money illegally. He paid taxes on ill gotten gains.
I say give him the same care an American in Mexico would receive, which is NOTHING!
Does this make me cold? Quite frankly, I don’t care. We’ll never solve this problem by being weak.
Four years ago I broke my leg. I have no children and I am single. The only help I got was food stamps and emergency aid for 1 months rent and 1 months electricity. Lucky for me I had students loans starting in September. The break occurred on July 4. Without student loans I would’ve been homeless. I was born in Idaho. I’ve paid taxes since I was 15. I was 47 when this happened. I got very little help. Why should an illegal get any?
I don’t think there is a roofing company in Florida that doesn’t have illegals.
What would be required to hire and keep legal roofers, you would never, ever get a roof.
Everything, save union jobs, is by the price. On a $70k roof bid and you are over the other guy by $50, he gets the job.
Why should anyone? Also, how many here believe that this lawyer paid less taxes than a laborer? Or, is he cheating on them?
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