Posted on 01/06/2010 10:14:10 AM PST by keepitreal
FRAMINGHAM — State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, today filed legislation that would require the state Attorney General to receive and document proof of citizenship or right to work in the United States for wage enforcement cases.
Historically, the Attorney General’s office has adopted a policy of not asking about immigration status of employees when proceeding with a wage enforcement case against an employer.
Under the bill filed by Brown, who is also a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, wage enforcement cases would require valid proof of citizenship or immigration status before proceeding.
“This is a responsible and effective immigration reform that prevents those who are here illegally from receiving the same benefits as taxpaying Massachusetts citizens,” said Brown in a press release. “It also cracks down on employers who hire illegal immigrants at lower wages by communicating with federal authorities and holding them accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
(Excerpt) Read more at milforddailynews.com ...
Not to encourage mistreatment of anyone, but why would we want our courts filled with people who are here illegally?
Anybody know of a case where in illegal went to court about wage abuse? LOL Sounds like feel good legislation to me.
Keep on it Scott, my boy!!! We know the trek to the U.S. Senate is a tough long shot, but we the people throughout America are with you, just as if we all were voters in the state of MA. Our hopes, our prayers, our hearts and our support, financial and spiritual, are with you 100%!!!! Go with all gusto to victory!!!!
They’ll never pass it, it makes too much sense.
Good move here by Scott Brown. This sells nationally, which will bring in ca$h, cash that the RNC apparently doesn’t want to help out with.
And the RNC will wonder while people are mailing their RNC memberships back to the RNC with comments like “F You” and God knows what else. TAKE THE HINT RNC, DO THE RIGHT THING!!!
Not a good idea. It seems that this would encourage unscrupulous employers to hire more illegals knowing that they could pay them substandard wages without fear of enforcement.
I’d go one step further. In addition to deporting people are not here legally, I’d have their employers prosecuted.
[Not to encourage mistreatment of anyone, but why would we want our courts filled with people who are here illegally?]
Actually, I would LOVE to see our courts full of “people who are here illegally” - to see them sent the H#LL HOME!!
The EMPLOYERS are the REASON these people COME here.
They SHOULD be subject to wage abuse complaints from these people!!! Then they would STOP hiring them!!! The reason they hire them is to violate wage and benefit laws.
If they can’t get jobs, they will go back where they came from.
The reason they come here is because these s.o.b. companies - the same kind of people who move their businesses to Red China so they can get people to work for them at $5.00 a week with no benefits - want to hire illegals instead of Americans as they work cheap and when they get sick they use hosiptal emergency rooms which WE pay for in our hospital bills instead of THEM.
—Not a good idea. It seems that this would encourage unscrupulous employers to hire more illegals knowing that they could pay them substandard wages without fear of enforcement.—
Maybe it would make a lot of them go back where they came from, eh???
The EMPLOYERS are the REASON these people COME here.
They SHOULD be subject to wage abuse complaints from these people!!! Then they would STOP hiring them!!! The reason they hire them is to violate wage and benefit laws.
If they can’t get jobs, they will go back where they came from.
The reason they come here is because these s.o.b. companies - the same kind of people who move their businesses to Red China so they can get people to work for them at $5.00 a week with no benefits - want to hire illegals instead of Americans as they work cheap and when they get sick they use hosiptal emergency rooms which WE pay for in our hospital bills instead of THEM.
I think I like this guy !
The [MA AG] office’s fair labor division handles workers’ wages complaints and mediates between them and their employers. In some cases, the division issues citations and fines to employers for violation of state laws. The division handles complaints regardless of workers’ immigration status, said Pierre, and has done outreach work with immigrant organizations in the Boston area.
“We don’t ask people about their legal status,” he said. “That’s ICE’s responsibility.
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x108126562/Illegal-or-not-immigrants-want-pay
The bill also prevents employers convicted of knowingly employing illegal aliens from contracting with the Commonwealth for a period of five years and increases the state fine from $200-$500 to $500-$1000 per illegal employee.
See post 15.
I wish Sarah would give him an endorsement. Then again, being MA she probably realizes her endorsement will do more harm than good.
The purpose of illegal immigration is to enlarge to lower wages. A larger labor pool means lower wages.
Now we’re going to turn a blind eye to how much even illegals are paid. What wil the result be? Lower wages across the board (for legals and illegals.)
Wake up and stop blaming the Democrats for illegal immigration. The right (yes, us) are the driving force behind illegal immigration in this country. Why do you think the Chamber of Commerce and every business group fights tooth and nail any effort to stem illegal immigration.
Follow the money folks. It is our right wing friends that benefit from illegal immigration.
Intersting that you posted that. Because the majority of the women here that I know who dislike Sarah also dislike Croakley.
2 women - 1 an conservative Republican who happens to be hot, the other, an uber-liberal Rat who’s ehhh looking. I mention this because I believe many of the women who don’t like Sarah are unattractive. But they also don’t like Croakley who’s ehhh. Interesting.
Should Sarah come here? As a Republican I say yes. As a practical point of helping Brown win, I’m not so sure.
My two cents...
Thats probably the fastest and cheapest way to end the illegal immigrant problem,make it a felony punishable by 5 to 10 years in a hardcore Federal prison for the responsible person in human resources AND a fine of around 50 percent of the companies assets for hiring anyone who doesn`t have verifiable documentation of legal residency or citizenship.The person in question will be required to produce the appropriate documentation, at which time, if its bogus,it becomes a felony and a federal offense for the holder of forged official documents.
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