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Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks
We do have laws against hiring illegal immigrants, but there has not been a way for immigration or law enforcement to just walk in a building and check status of citizenship, although Sheriff Joe was the only one with balls to enforce what little law we have.
I think the biz owners get a warning and then are fined a minimal amount on the second offense.
And there have been restrictions in the law which tied law enforcements hands to really do their jobs when it came to busting those who hire illegal immigrants?..not any more 
This is another area where strict laws need to be in place and they are not! And employers need to be busted hard, but they are not. The fines for this offense are not hard enough to make people think twice.
I feel it should be treated just as tough as a drug busts.
1. If an employer is caught hiring illegal immigrants he should have to forfeit his business lic along with contractors lic and not be allowed to ever own operate a business again in the U.S.
2. He should be fined per illegal immigrant he hires.
3. And all assets from the company to be confiscated and sold at auction.
This may not be the best law to impose, but you can bet if an employer values his right to run and own a company ever again and the fact knowing that he will lose everything associated to that business, he will definitely think twice about breaking the law.
You are right, take away the food source and people will leave and who ever decides to still break the law will be deported. ;) |
Thanks Nikki, I just found some info on this too, the Employer Sanction Law that went into effect in Jan, 2008.
It was fought by;
"...Julie Pace, a Phoenix attorney who represents 12 major business groups opposing the law ? contractors, farmers, hotel owners and state and local chambers of commerce. The groups sued to stop the law from taking effect, arguing that it is unconstitutional because only the federal government can make immigration law."
It sounded good in principle;
"The law says any business that knowingly hires a worker who is in the country illegally will have its business license suspended. For a second offense, the business' license could be revoked. That is a far stiffer penalty than the rarely imposed federal fines for similar offenses."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=16727312
Unfortunately it is not being enforced...and only 1...ONE business has been closed (for all of 2 days). This just happend in March of this year, two years after the law went into effect...
"Danny's Subway has agreed to close its doors for two days and will be placed on probation for three years for violating the employer-sanctions law, the County Attorney's Office announced today. Since the employer-sanctions law has been on the books, this is the first time a business has actually been shut down."
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/val...law_claims.php