[calex59]

The ruling does not apply to illegal immigrants who use false documents or otherwise lie about their immigration status to get jobs. But the decision, by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, says illegal immigrants are covered under New York's "scaffold law." The law allows injured workers to sue contractors over unsafe work environments.

And didn't this particular illegal ALIEN use false documents and lie about his status? They all use false documents and lie about thier legal status, how can this idiotic judge make a ruling like this?

[Sandy]

And didn't this particular illegal ALIEN use false documents and lie about his status? They all use false documents and lie about thier legal status, how can this idiotic judge make a ruling like this?

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.