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Friday, May 5, 2006
Why so many illegal workers?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This is a very hot and sensitive subject. How did there get to be so many illegal workers?
I know my 1,300 home subdivisions were built within four years. Most of the workers were Mexican’s who worked Monday through Sunday. Work ethic has never been a question.
I served a few years as the Workforce Compliance Manager for brown. We would fire HR supervisors who could not properly administer the U.S. Department of Justice’s form, I-9, properly.
Initiated by Congress on November 6, 1986, the I-9 requires employers to check an applicant’s identification to ensure they are authorized to work in the U.S. Failure to do so will result in significant fines to the company. When you hire nearly 200,000 employees a year, you have to get it right or you pay the Feds dearly.
Well, for those who did not comply with the law, it looks like we have an out of control problem, and there is no easy fix.
You can’t send everybody home and you can’t give 100% amnesty. Maybe the President’s proposed earn citizenship program is the better solution.
How should this situation be handled?
