Posted on 08/08/2018 7:25:56 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided businesses in Montana and Nebraska on Wednesday, indicting 17 business owners and mangers for fraud and money laundering.
The agents in the Homeland Security Investigations arm of ICE led the raids on businesses they allege knowingly hired and improperly treated undocumented immigrants, the Associated Press reported.
Authorities took 14 of the people indicted into custody, and are still searching for three others.
Special agent in charge Tracy Cormier told the AP that the raids were part of one of the largest operations in the 15 years of the Homeland Security Investigations branch.
The whole investigation was initiated, basically, because we knew that these businesses were cheating these workers and cheating taxpayers and cheating their competition, she said.
ICE raids generally target workers thought to be in the U.S. illegally, not business owners. The agency also told the AP that it arrested 133 workers believed to be in the country illegally.
Cormier told the wire service that the businesses had used fake names and Social Security numbers to hire the workers, and then used force, fraud, coercion, threat of arrest and/or deportation to exploit the undocumented immigrants.
ICE officials also alleged that the businesses had withheld taxes from the workers pay, but did not turn those funds over to the government, according to the AP.
And those workers were also allegedly forced to pay large fees in order to cash their paychecks, the site reported.
Shut the businesses down. Deport the illegals no sympathy. They are volunteer slaves.
“Sorry, but its not just the laziest, but almost 100% of them that are receiving some, and mostly multiple forms of government assistance.”
Whether your assertion is true or not, I have first-hand experience with Hispanic workers. I see them in the fields in Salinas, CA, I have had them prune and/or take out 100 ft tall trees on my property. So certainly not 100% of them are lazy. Understand, I don’t like illegal immigration. It needs to be stopped. And it is true that there is substantial segment of the Hispanic population here in CA (both legal and illegal) that are involved in drugs, gangs and other criminal activity. But we should not trash all of them universally.
Now this is winning! Going after the businesses that hire illegals and do not pay payroll taxes or withhold income taxes from the money that illegals are paid will help stop the illegal immigration problem.
More raids on businesses, please!
JoMa
The businesses are colluding with the illegals and knowingly breaking other laws too - build thee wall and crush the businesses that collaborate with the illegals while we’re at it.
Nobody says that 100% are lazy.
However, most of them, a very high percentage, are taking tax-payer provided benefits in one form or another.
Just the fact they get free breakfasts/lunches at public schools shows this fact.
Add everything else into the picture, including the exorbitant amount of money needed to teach their children who are 1-5 years behind the normal American child and you are talking about a major hit to the money those who are hear and actually paying taxes have to pay.
We are, in fact, being asked to financially subsidize the lives of these Illegal Aliens so big business can have a cheap, reliable source of employees and keep costs down.
In effect, we are subsidizing big-business.
“If you come to FR tryng to sell illegal immigration, you came to the wrong place.
If you come to FR tryng to sell socialism, you came to the wrong place. .”
I’m not “selling” either. I was simply saying that a lot of the Hispanics here in CA are hard-working people.
“Illegals would not come here if they could not work here.”
You’re kidding, right?
“The businesses are colluding with the illegals and knowingly breaking other laws too - “
Agree.
“build thee wall and crush the businesses that collaborate with the illegals while were at it.”
Why don’t we crush the illegals and leave the business standing so they can hire Americans...?
I have worked alongside illegal and league Hispanics. For the most part they are arrogant lazy skum. They would think nothing of shitting in your bushes as you watch the other prune your trees.
Most despise America and have no intention of assimilation.
Have I met good Hispanic workers? If I have I don’t recall it.
“Why else do they come here ( apart from the laziest of the lot just wanting our welfare benefits)”
In part, you just answered your own question.
Even those who work, still get welfare.
Many if not most come as students (taking spots at top colleges) and never leave. Many of our University OPENLY support illegal immigration and DEFY immigration laws.
Should we raid the Ivy league and then arrests Professors and Academia and insist “that they go to jail”?
If not then why? Why is business treated (a lot) worse for the same crime?
Why don't we make those businesses at least feel some pain as penance for colluding with the illegals - not only do they keep American jobs away from Americans, but they also cause problems via identity theft for/by their illegal employees....slap them hard but maybe leave them alive.....
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