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Did everyone get up on the grumpy side of the bed this morning?
As the employer of someone who at one point worked for me on a tourist visa and later as straight up illegal immigrant who now has a green card (long story), I've got to tell you that not all companies that hire illegals are out to screw them. I paid my guy one of the highest wages for what he does in the city, and he worked hard for it. Believe it or not, there are times where businesses need to go outside the country to find certain kinds of workers who have skills that Americans just don't have. The government can make it very hard to get those folks here legally. Since I'm a good corporate citizen, I bought my guy health insurance and workers comp. It was a gamble as to whether or not those claims would ever get paid (if there had been any), but not all employers of illegals are out to do the wrong thing.
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
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