Good question.
Just anecdotal evidence, I’ve had various people come and do work around my house. And the tendency is that the guy in charge is a white man, but the hired help tend to be members of minority groups. And many of the hired help tend to speak other languages than English.
I assume that the contractor I hired has verified the legal status of his workers, but, I never know for sure about that. ‘
It’s the same issue here. The contractor, rather than the military directly, is the one who employs the workers, and it’s up to him, to comply with the law regarding employment.
“I assume that the contractor I hired has verified the legal status of his workers, but, I never know for sure about that. ‘”
We had, for a very short period of time, a cleaning service for a second home we own in Carmel that we rent out on occasion, that was run by a legal hispanic woman. But we determined that her help was all illegal so we discontinued using her. Thankfully, we have found a lovely white woman who lives in the area and has been there for most of her life to handle our cleaning requirements. It’s nice to have someone that you can trust with a key. The takeaway is that you CAN find American citizens to do this kind of work.
Agree that the contractor should be verifying the status of workers, but the military can control access to the base.
While on a Cruiser in Mayport, FL, we had a book on the quarterdeck with names and pics of individuals not allowed on our ship. We also had a process that allowed certain individuals to go directly to the contractor and tell them to remove a specific worker.