[usadave]

It is the Congressman's responsibility to check with the contractor to make sure all workers are documented, particularly when he is making such a stink about this issue. If he did not, he was quite foolish.

Companies and contractors would never lie about the legal status of their employees just to get your business, now would they? No, because we all know that business owners are just sweet little angels who couldn't lie even if their lives depended on it. Right?

So the next time I'm planning to hire a contractor, I'll ask him to show me all of the hiring documentation for every employee on his company's payroll so that I can have an document expert go over all of the documents to verify their legality and authenticity.

[Miss Marple]

The next time you hire a contractor while running a political campaign in which you intend to make illegals an option, you get assurances from the contractors IN WRITING.

I am not saying that this doesn't happen to a lot of people, nor am I saying it is his primary responsibility.

What I AM saying is that Tancredo was foolish not to get something in writing, in order to negate the criticism if and when illegals showed up.