Posted on 12/30/2007 12:00:34 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
Under another new law, companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants risk suspension of their business licenses.
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Instead, with support from the Tennessee Chamber for Commerce & Industry, lawmakers wound up with sanctions involving business licenses. The state's Department of Labor & Workforce Development has responsibility.
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The bill threatens sanctions against employers who fail to receive and document lawful resident verification information already required by federal law. Employers are protected if they receive information that later turns out to be false.
On first offense, employers who knowingly hire an illegal immigrant could lose a local or state-issued business license until they remove them from their payroll. Second and subsequent offenses can cost the business its license for a year.
But the law sharply restricts how complaints are handled. According to Department of Labor & Workforce Development spokeswoman Milissa Reierson, only state or local government entities are allowed to file complaints. Lawmakers also didn't provide any money to hire new staffers. Instead, the 18 existing inspectors in the department's Labor Standards Division will handle complaints.
The department's general counsel, Dan Bailey, said the law also requires a state hearing officer to find proof of "clear and convincing" evidence before deciding a company violated the law.
"Clear and convincing is a higher standard than preponderance of the evidence," Mr. Bailey said, citing the standard often used in civil matters.
Rep. Kevin Brooks, R-Cleveland, said the new law is a start but noted he would like to see additional legislation discouraging illegal immigration pass in the legislative session that begins Jan. 8.
"The taxpayers of Georgia will be saving a billion dollars because of the immigration legislation that was passed," he said, citing it as a model. "Wouldn't you like to be the guy or girl who saved taxpayers $1 billion?"
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They made your bed, now you lay in it! ; )
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You hate politicians. I would too if I lived in Tennessee it seems the state has a long history of reelecting corrupt politicians the likes of the Ford family. And unfortunately it doesn’t look like voters are making much effort to change that. Maybe Bob Corker will start a new trend.
We either cut off benefits to illegals or go bankrupt....simple choice.
That’s too bad. If they would quit stealing and putting their family and friends on the payroll; they just might have enough money.
I wrote Jim Webb (Virginia Senator Democrat) a letter asking him about his views on illegal immigration and he wrote back stating he was against it but, he had voted to allow a few that had been here a while to stay, meaning he was for amnesty.
It is like this all across the USA. Very dangerous, TB coming across the border but, who is looking?
ping
We shouldn’t be charged tax on food at all.
bttt
Agree. There is NO political theory that justifies a tax on food.
Period.
What’s next? Tax the air itself?
What if you grow some lettuce in your backyard? The government thugs with face masks and fully automated weapons gonna smash your door in and demand you pay a tax?
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