I sure hope this is put to good use and soon.
Posted on 07/26/2007 12:59:47 PM PDT by Man50D
Bump.
Bump
RICO —Citizen Recourse
Private persons and entities may initiate civil suits to obtain injunctions and treble damages against enterprises that conspire to or actually violate federal alien smuggling, harboring, or document fraud statutes, under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO). The pattern of racketeering activity is defined as commission of two or more of the listed crimes. A RICO enterprise can be any individual legal entity, or a group of individuals who are not a legal entity but are associated in fact, and can include nonprofit associations.
Looks like something that can work with private law suits.
Thank you for posting this!!
Could this help overturn the judge’s ruling in the Hazleton, Pennsylvania case?
I sure hope this is put to good use and soon.
Need to send this to Judicial Watch.......... They are, at a minimum, rather prolific at instigating suits against the gov’t.
Let’s go hunting !!!!! Any bounty out there???
Reason #4: Why the federal government doesn’t enforce federal immigration law.
If it did, it would have to prosecute itself. It hires illegal aliens.
I wonder if this gives private citizens a way to completely bypass the ICE and law enforcement through nuisance suits.
Could you or I have a lawyer file a lawsuit against a local business — say a construction contractor, restaurant, etc. — that we know uses illegal labor. After the business has been served with notice of the lawsuit, offer to settle out of court the private civil claim for PAST infractions for some amount of money — say $25,000 — and a promise to terminate and never hire illegals again.
Yes, this would be an extortion tactic, but if they settled, it would accomplish both fining the employer that the government seems so reticent to do, and cut off the jobs for illegals.
If they do not settle, then you proceed with the lawsuit and include all the bad publicity for that business that you can generate along the way.
Oh, and before anyone asks, I would have NO qualms about lining my pockets with the settlement money from these businesses that hired illegals.
I would start with the city of New Haven, CT that started issuing ID cards this week to illegal aliens to use for city services and local businesses.
BTTT
“It allows priviate citizens to initiate civil suits against enterprises that conspire to or actually smuggle and harbor illegal aliens.”
Hmm, interesting.
Cities and government agencies have deep pockets but that also means they will fight tooth and nail and would draw out a lawsuit well beyond the resources of a private citizen to pursue.
My tactic is to go after the SMALL businesses that might actually be afraid of the lawsuit and be willing to settle — and swear off hiring illegals. That would dry up the jobs and without jobs most illegals will go home.
It may seem underhanded and mean to go after the Mom & Pop businesses, but small businesses are the largest employer in the US when taken as a group. That is where the message needs to hit home that hiring illegals is not going to profitable in the end.
Interesting.
I don’t know bump!
bttt!
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