unions only want due$... they couldn't care less if it comes from an illegal taking a job from a citizen so long as they get their blood money
Posted on 07/22/2011 2:41:30 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
OAKLAND -- Bay Area labor unions demanded Wednesday that the Obama administration stop its increased practice of auditing business payrolls to check for illegal immigrant workers.
Using Berkeley-based Pacific Steel and Casting as an example, leaders from several unions said the Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wreaking havoc with immigrant families and local economies by demanding that employers provide it information about its employees.
Known as I-9 audits, investigators check the legal status of employees through the Social Security numbers and green card information the employees supplied to the business when hired. In many cases of illegal immigrants, that documentation is forged and the I-9 audits can determine who at a workplace is living and working in the country illegally.
ICE drastically increased its use of I-9 audits in 2009 when 1,444 businesses were audited, almost tripling the number audited in 2008, the New York Times reported this week. In 2010, the government audited 2,196 businesses.
Although the audits, in many cases, do not lead to the deportation of a worker, they do force an employer to fire the worker, harming the company, the worker and the economy, labor leaders said.
"These are silent raids," said Oakland Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente, who also is the vice president of the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics, and Allied Workers International Union. "We know that this country was built by immigrants.
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If the illegals disagree with there raids then go back to Mexico.
unions only want due$... they couldn't care less if it comes from an illegal taking a job from a citizen so long as they get their blood money
Is there anything more idiotic than a labor union supporting illegals, many of whom work under the radar and actually take work away from legal citizens, both union and non-union?
One of the great things about these audits is that they detect “OTM’s”!
Too many illegals get by for years, even decades, simply because they are “White” or “Black” and speak english reasonably well.
Our immigration law has to remain truly impartial, all invaders should be deported regardless of their country of origin.
Although the audits, in many cases, do not lead to the deportation of a worker, they do force an employer to fire the worker....If the basis for firing the worker is his/her illegal presence in the US, why isn't that an equally good basis for deportation?
Are you kidding?
Many unions now prefer illegals over American citizens, the illegals will do ANYTHING the union demands, legal or not.
Illegals will vote to allow the union to take more of their pay, as often as the union demands, with no limit to the amount taken.
Illegals will not object to how the union uses their money, no matter how egregious the waste and fraud, corruption is what they are used to and they accept it as the normal course.
Union management is about union power and accruing wealth for the bosses, the actual workers are just pawns.
it costs money... if they can't find a yob, hopefully they will move back home on their own dime
IMHO, they're more likely going to start drawing welfare. Of course, if you deport them, they'll probably just be back shortly.
i'd hope they wouldn't qualify... but ya never know. my county is right this week seeking the legal decision/OK to start drug testing those on welfare both new and existing cases
Union thugs demanding a pass for illegal, border-jumping criminals. Yup. All’s right with the world.( s.)
It’s been reported they may have a couple hundred illegal aliens working. The company officials should be arrested.
Ping!
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