Jury awards $200,000 to illegal immigrant He said he worked years without pay

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 20, 2003 | Bob Egelko

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More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court restricted damages for illegal immigrants who are mistreated at work, a San Francisco federal jury has reminded employers that abuse can still be expensive even if the victim is undocumented.

The jury awarded $200,000 this week to an illegal immigrant from India, who said his uncle employed him in East Bay gas stations for nearly three years, 12 hours a day, seven days a week without pay, and then fired him when he asked for money. A few hours after agreeing to settle his nephew's wage claim, the uncle reported him to immigration authorities.

[Dante3]

I guess so. They also qualify for exceptions from out of state fees in some states not available for legal immigrants or for citizens.