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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
True...perhaps. I mean...you, obviously, are testimony for that. However, I would venture to say that you were/are the exception to the rule. I don't feel out of line by saying that I believe that most employers of illegal aliens, undocumented workers...whatever you want to call them...are out to exploit their cheap labor.
Now, let's imagine for a moment (just for my own amusement) that the labor law had teeth in it. By that, I mean that by employing an illegal alien you would be facing severe fines, and mandatory jail time...would you still have held this individual in your employ? And no, I'm not implying anything. I'm genuinly curious.
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I'm not going to go into details for obvious reasons. If my partners knew I was posting this, they'd probably be pissed, but that's their problem, not mine (by the way, this is for a side business, not my main line of work). However, I can tell you that in this particular industry that I'm mentioning, illegals are the rule, not the exception, at least at first. Most of the immigrants that my competitors and my company bring over generally work illegally on student or tourist visas for a while and then apply for a streamlined green card. Given who they tend to be, there's usually not a problem getting a work permit quickly if you go about it the right way. I'll agree that people outside this particular niche probably are out to exploit their workers, but that's fairly impossible in my case since it would pretty much kill the business.
As far as your hypothetical scenario goes, yes, I think that we still would have risked it. The opportunity was too great and the employee was too valuable of an asset to pass up. As it stands, he's probably responsible for increasing our net income by about 40%. So yeah, we'd still have gone after him.