Dave, it wouldn't be difficult to actually check out. The INS is probably doing it already, because this is getting high-profile. The contractor is NOT going to admit that they hired illegals; that would allow the INS to fine them.
Tancredo's response was a nice piece of Clintonian parsing. Yes, it is illegal to inquire as to the nationality of the contract employee; no, it is not illegal to independently verify the legal status of the employees. The fact that Tancredo offered his excuse in that fashion says that he probably did not want to know in the first place.
Tancredo's response was a nice piece of Clintonian parsing. Yes, it is illegal to inquire as to the nationality of the contract employee; no, it is not illegal to independently verify the legal status of the employees. The fact that Tancredo offered his excuse in that fashion says that he probably did not want to know in the first place.Probably so. Some group cleverly painted Tancredo into a corner, and no matter how he chose to explain his way out of it, he was made to look less than respectable. Very unfortunate.