Feds sue San Diego hospital over immigrant workers

AP via SFGate ^ | 12/6/11

[SmithL]

The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that it has sued a major San Diego hospital, saying it discriminated against immigrant employees and job applicants.

The department said UCSD Medical Center demanded excessive documentation from non-citizen job applicants and employees to prove they were eligible to work.

[mylife]

Rick Perry is right.
We need to get the Feds out of our lives.

[onyx]

Yeah, now they can show fraudulent driver’s licenses or Social Security cards.

[smokingfrog]

This makes no sense.

Fire Eric Holder!

[G Larry]

Will this nation survive the next 411 days with these yahoos in charge?

[Chode]

[Jim Robinson]

Impeach the corrupt bastards!!

[Jim Robinson]

Looks like Obama & Co, intends to ratchet up their tyranny right up to the end. Probably thinks he’ll be able to cancel the coming elections and just take over as dictator.

[SpaceBar]

I hate to sound conspiritorial, but somewhere along the line, there was a coup d’etat that even preceeds the current Obama reign of terror. Clearly those running things have absolutely no concern for the well being of the nation. Everyday it’s just one sellout after another.

[thouworm]

Looks like Obama & Co, intends to ratchet up their tyranny right up to the end. Absolutely that's the plan---kick it into overdrive.

[Michael Barnes]

The department said UCSD Medical Center demanded excessive documentation from non-citizen job applicants and employees to prove they were eligible to work.

In a sane America, this would be part of a promotional commercial FOR the hospital.

[MestaMachine]

Speechless. Ping.

[caww]

If this nonesense keeps on keeping on no employeer will want to hire anyone! Send them all back to their own countries problem solved. I’m so sick of foreigners coming here and claiming this and that about anything...they are all about scamming this country one way or another ...just sick of it!

[HiTech RedNeck]

UCSD Medical Center said it made changes after the Justice Department raised concerns in January, and it believes it is now in full compliance with federal regulations. The hospital said it hasn't found anyone who was denied employment based on practices being questioned.

This looks like a pure harassment lawsuit. Maybe some foreigner got asked for a technically superfluous document, and it's nice that Uncle Sam saw fit to simplify the paperwork to make it clearer the hospital won't get into all sorts of dutch for asking for too little, but that didn't end up shutting anybody out. This kind of thing is sought only after the applicant gets and accepts a job offer anyhow.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Consloppitorial?

[onyx]

This is in my hometown. This hospital is already over run serving illegals. This is an outrage of epic proportions.

[caww]

Looks like Obama & Co, intends to ratchet up their tyranny right up to the end. Probably thinks he’ll be able to cancel the coming elections and just take over as dictator.

Your proably not far from the truth in those comments Mr. Jim.....it's beyond concerning what he'll do before he's done....the next months aren't going to pretty...and the ride isn't over yet.

[Michael.SF.]

Please tell me this is satire, I will sleep better tonight if you do.

[nicmarlo]

What did they do? Ask for a BIRTH CERTIFICATE?

[caww]

Can’t hardly believe I’m in America anymore.....if it weren’t for the election aead it’d be very difficult imagining we can get this country back.....seerious stuff has to get done asap or we’ll loose it all.