[Carry_Okie]

In a guest worker program, properly ran and administered (an oxymoron I admit), this situation you complain of and that agree with would stop.

You are in the construction business. That means you need occasional day-laborers, one day at a time. How do you think such a "properly ran and administered" program would do such verification whey you pay in cash?

[Cen-Tejas]

Good question and your right! In fact, I would say “many times” over the decades emergency situations pop up and to incentivize guys to work all night long (on Christmas Eve one time) in the cold rain we paid cash..............usually double, sometimes triple.

So, logically, the “one day at a time” scenarios are just case by case and circumstances usually dictate that paperwork kinda goes out the window.

Thanks. Very good point!