[varon]

I would like to point out that the Secretary is authorized to reduce or mitigate penalties.

As a reminder of what’s in the bill, fines for hiring an illegal worker are $5,000 maximum per illegal worker for the first offense,………………….. (my emphasis)

Why should the Secretary be able to reduce or mitigate the amount of fines?

Why is the amount listed as “maximum” if it isn’t intended to be misleading as in, “up to”?

These fines are meaningless because the employers have saved many times that amount in not having to pay their share of FICA and are probably writing them off as business expenses. This whole thing is a mockery and an insult to the intelligence of the American people!!!

[BloodScarletMinnesota]

I would like to point out that the Secretary is authorized to reduce or mitigate penalties. As a reminder of what’s in the bill, fines for hiring an illegal worker are $5,000 maximum per illegal worker for the first offense,………………….. (my emphasis) varon sez: Why should the Secretary be able to reduce or mitigate the amount of fines? Why is the amount listed as “maximum” if it isn’t intended to be misleading as in, “up to”? These fines are meaningless because the employers have saved many times that amount in not having to pay their share of FICA and are probably writing them off as business expenses. This whole thing is a mockery and an insult to the intelligence of the American people!!! So right on. The Left, who have no allegiance to party or nation, are moving to bring down what they perceive to be the greatest threat to collectivism, the citizens and taxpayers of the United States. The MSM once portrayed El Presidente Jorge Benedict Arnold Bush as a conservative, and whined every day about him, but what has Jorge done that's actually conservative? He's been tugging at Ted Kennedy's zipper ever since he was put in office. The Left is much smarter and more insidious than they are given credit for. They were able to elevate a brain dead stab-America-in-the-back traitor to the presidency without having to expend the political capital of nominating their dream candidate, Ward Churchill. Ward Churchill only said Americans who died in 9-11 deserved it, but El Jefe Coyote Jorge wants to do everything possible to ensure it can be repeated against the common citizens and taxpayers he holds as beneath contempt. I wouldn't be surprised in the least to see chief coyote Jorge sign a bill forcing every state honor homos pretending to marry. What a disgusting disgrace the Jorge faction of the GOP has turned out to be.