Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 21, 2006 14:16:51 GMT -5
chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3806317.html
The last arrests made in conjunction with the hiring of illegal immigrants in Texas were made in 2003, and only then because the City of Austin had hired illegals to clean the municipal airport and the Feds thought this compromised security. Illegal aliens are employed all over the state (and the nation), and while I will not argue that this is right or good, the federal government has been complicit in allowing this to happen. Why the U-turn now?
I'm not even sure DHS/ICE has enough resources to effectively enforce hiring laws, which further suggests this is a PR stunt. And if the Feds are indeed serious about upping enforcement, who will they go after? More subsidiaries of European companies, or Mom & Pop American businesses? My guess is not the latter.
The last arrests made in conjunction with the hiring of illegal immigrants in Texas were made in 2003, and only then because the City of Austin had hired illegals to clean the municipal airport and the Feds thought this compromised security. Illegal aliens are employed all over the state (and the nation), and while I will not argue that this is right or good, the federal government has been complicit in allowing this to happen. Why the U-turn now?
I'm not even sure DHS/ICE has enough resources to effectively enforce hiring laws, which further suggests this is a PR stunt. And if the Feds are indeed serious about upping enforcement, who will they go after? More subsidiaries of European companies, or Mom & Pop American businesses? My guess is not the latter.
