No, he didn't use false documents. Nor did he lie about his status. His employer new he was illegal and hired him anyway (without any documents ever being submitted by the illegal). That means it's the employer who broke federal law, not the worker. *If* the illegal alien had submitted false documents, that would be a violation of federal law, and the court likely would have decided differently. The onus is on Congress to rewrite the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) such that 1. IRCA makes it a federal crime for an illegal alien to work even when the illegal alien obtains employment *without* any sort of fraud, and 2. IRCA clearly and explicitly preempts state labor laws.
This statement of yours is false. The worker broke federal law by being here ILLEGALLY, as such any thing that happened to him is his own fault. This does not excuse the employer and he should be fined and jailed for his part in the operation, AND I will lay odds that the illegal had false documents as well for getting around in his daily life, they all do. This illegal is guilty of breaking the law and should not be awarded anything and should have no legal grounds for law suit, for everything that happens to someone who enters a country illegally can be laid directly to the person entering illegally. No amount of BS and spin can change that.