Chart of the day: Illegal aliens get WHAT? (Workers Comp for Illegal Aliens -- OUTAGEOUS!!!)

Michelle Malkin ^ | 05/28/2008 | Michelle Malkin

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Reader A.F. e-mails the chart of the day. He writes: “Michelle, I work peripherally for the insurance industry and get the industry’s magazine National Underwriter. The May 8 issue contains a cover story titled: “Workers Comp for Illegal Aliens Sparks Debate Among the States.” A box within the text describes which states already provide WC for illegal aliens: “CA, FL, NV, NY, TX and UT expressly include illegal aliens in the WC coverage” —- UTAH??? So you can come to the US, work illegally, complain of headaches caused by a little slip and fall and you can go on drinking Dos Equis with my tax dollars for the rest of your natural life. What a country!”

I’ve mentioned the illegal alien workers’ comp scheme before in immigration speeches over the years and have been met with skepticism. The trend has only exploded since I first reported on it.

[BOX W/RELEVANT CHART IN COMMENT #1, BELOW]

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Accidentally misspelled “outrageous” in title; could this be fixed, please...? ;) Thanks!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Hispandering PING!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Thank you, mods!!! ;)

[Admin Moderator]

Next time, please click ‘Report Abuse.’ I didn’t see your note until after I fixed your headline, and we sent Sidebar Moderator out for sandwiches and beer.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Gotcha! ;)

[pissant]

Is sidebar bringing enough beer for all of us?

[MovementConservative]

I liked Michelle a lot when she was just a fun passionate little blogger and guest commentator. Now that she's got two huge blogs in Hot Air and Michelle Malkin she's become kind of a diva. I even dumped all my cute pictures of her from my photobucket account.
Oh yeah, and I also threw away her discarded gum I saved from the trash bin and took all her pictures off my bathroom mirror.

[C210N]

Next question: Can I get my WC claim check mailed to me in Guadalahara?

Can I get an electronic transfer of my WC claim to my "peoples" bank in Monterrey?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

I even dumped all my cute pictures of her from my photobucket account.

A fascinating addition to the ongoing conversation, re: illegal immigration in America. Thanks for sharing.

[bill1952]

I am always amused by the posters who claim that one cannot tell an illegal by just going to the site.

BTW, I watched one illegal walk right off the roof ridge and fall to the ground in Boca Raton, Florida.

It was his first day on the job and his first hour or so.
Stood on the roof across from him and watched him walk right across the entire ridgeline and off without missing a beat.
Broke his left leg.

His claim was denied because of eyewitness testimony that contradicted his sworn testimony.
Surprise, he was an illegal.

Think he knew the law? - you bet he did.

[pissant]

What did she do to piss you off. Was it her take on illegals? She wrote Invasion years ago, and has been on the bleeding edge of the movement for even longer.

[Ben Ficklin]

First you complain because they don't have insurance.
Then you complain because they do have insurance.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Stood on the roof across from him and watched him walk right across the entire ridgeline and off without missing a beat.

Broke his left leg.

Evidently, he didn't realize the gravity of the situation. ;)

[dangerdoc]

Work comp for most employers comes from insurers or self funded, not from tax dollars.

I can give you two reasons why illegal aliens should be covered under worker’s comp.

1) Worker’s Comp insurance in expensive. Not covering them gives a company a big incentive for hiring illegals.

2) If they are not covered, employers can hire illegals rather than dealing with known safety issues. Covering them makes the employer deal with safety issues.

[Brilliant]

I’m not sure that the outrage is that they get worker’s comp. The outrage is that they would be hired in the first place.

Worker’s comp really isn’t their to protect the employee. It’s really there to protect the employer. It basically protects the employer from getting sued by the employee when he is involved in an accident.

[KeyesPlease]

New Jersey also provides WC benefits to illegal aliens, which include temporary disability payments, an award for permanent disabilty - whether partial or total and also payment for 100% of authorized medical expenses.

[pissant]

No, he’s complaining that they are here, period. And sucking up tax dollars is just icing on the cake.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Check out posting history. ;)