Food for Thought - C08 – Caught!

Food for Thought - C08 – Caught!

It is illegal to hire anyone not authorized to work in the U.S. 

Laws work well when everyone obeys them, but we all know we don’t live in a perfect world.

In the following, you will see what happens when people decide the law is something that applies to everyone else; just not them – Caught!

All articles are direct links to News Reports on the reporting agency’s website.

 (All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty by a court of law)

COMPANY EX-PRESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO HIRING, HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS

Couple Charged with Hiring, Harboring Illegal Aliens - Charges Temporarily Dropped

Fairus.org - When Breaking the Law by Hiring Illegal Aliens Doesn't Pay

Two Plead Guilty to Harboring and Concealing Aliens

Mexican Officials Helping Haitian Illegal Immigrants Cross to US Border

Food for Thought - C07 – Caught!

Food for Thought - C07 – Caught!

It is illegal to hire anyone not authorized to work in the U.S. 

Laws work well when everyone obeys them, but we all know we don’t live in a perfect world.

In the following, you will see what happens when people decide the law is something that applies to everyone else; just not them – Caught!

All articles are direct links to News Reports on the reporting agency’s website.

 (All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty by a court of law)

Houston Cabbie Caught Smuggling Illegal Immigrants

Couple Arrested for Harboring Illegal Aliens after House Fire Kills 5

Last of 10 Indicted, Pleads Guilty in Alien Harboring Case

Rancher Charged with Harboring Illegal Immigrants

Texas Firm and Field Operations Supervisor Charged with Harboring and Transporting Illegal Aliens Used in North Central Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Survey Work

Food for Thought – HR 9 What Does the Law Say? Title 8, USC 1324a

Food for Thought – HR 9

What Does the Law Say? Title 8, USC 1324a

TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER 12

 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SUB CHAPTER II –

 IMMIGRATION Part VIII - General Penalty Provisions § 1324a.

Unlawful employment of aliens

(a) Making employment of unauthorized aliens unlawful

(1) In general it is unlawful for a person or other entity—

(A) to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an alien knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien (as defined in subsection (h)(3) of this section) with respect to such employment, or

(B) (i) to hire for employment in the United States an individual without complying with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section or

 (ii) if the person or entity is an agricultural association, agricultural employer, or farm labor contractor (as defined in section 1802 of title 29), to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an individual without complying with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.

(2) Continuing employment It is unlawful for a person or other entity, after hiring an alien for employment in accordance with paragraph (1), to continue to employ the alien in the United States knowing the alien is (or has become) an unauthorized alien with respect to such employment

Food for Thought – HR 8 What Does the Law Say? Title 8, USC 1324

Food for Thought – HR 8

What Does the Law Say? Title 8, USC 1324

TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER 12 –

IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SUB CHAPTER II –

 IMMIGRATION Part VIII - General Penalty Provisions § 1324. Bringing in and harboring certain aliens (a) Criminal penalties

(1)     (A) Any person who— (i) knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a designated port of entry or place other than as designated by the Commissioner, regardless of whether such alien has received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States and regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such alien;

 (ii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law;

(iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;

(iv) encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or

(v) (I) engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or

(II) Aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts, shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).

FOOD FOR THOUGHT - C06 - CAUGHT!

Food for Thought - C06 – Caught!

It is illegal to hire anyone not authorized to work in the U.S. 

Laws work well when everyone obeys them, but we all know we don’t live in a perfect world.In the following, you will see what happens when people decide the law is something that applies to everyone else; just not them – Caught!   

All articles are direct links to News Reports on the reporting agency’s website.

 (All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty by a court of law)  

Indiana Company Facing Lawsuit over Illegal Hires

Businessman Sentenced for Hiring Illegal Workers

Boston Business Owner Busted - $2.3 Million in Restitution

Restaurant Owner Busted for using Illegal labor - fined $180,000

Illegal Worker Injured in Job - Suing Employer for Benefits

6 Charged with Harboring Aliens

FOOD FOR THOUGHT - C05 - CAUGHT!

Food for Thought - C05 – Caught!

        It is illegal to hire anyone not authorized to work in the U.S. 

Laws work well when everyone obeys them, but we all know we don’t live in a perfect world.

In the following, you will see what happens when people decide the law is something that applies to everyone else; just not them – Caught! 

                All articles are direct links to News Reports on the reporting agency’s website.                (All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty by a court of law)

 Michigan Couple Charged in Illegal Labor Scheme

Sheriff's Son Arrested - Accused of Smuggling Undocumented Immigrants

Farm Operation Fined $1,000,000 for Using Illegal Labor

Feds Bust Student Visa Scammers

Dry Cleaner Owner Get 15 Month Prison Term for Hiring, Harboring Illegal Workers and Tax Evasion

7-Eleven Owners Busted for Harboring and Hiring Illegal Immigrants

Food for Thought – HR 7 What Does the Law Say? Title 8, USC 1323

Food for Thought – HR 7

What Does the Law Say? Title 8, USC 1323

There is a great deal of discussion about legal and illegal immigration/workers on the political front.  One side wants new voters who are dependent upon the party, and the other wants cheap labor for business.  We, the public, are caught between the two. 

Regardless of feeling compassion and empathy for people wanting a better life for themselves and their families, the law is the law.  Either people decide to follow the law, or they make the decision to ignore it, and risk the consequences.  Intentions, reasoning, and desperation aside; this applies equally to those who cross the border illegally, and those people who entice them, smuggle them, harbor them, and use them in order to circumvent the law and take advantage of what they perceive to be “cheap labor”. 

As of 1986, all US employers are required to make sure that all employees are authorized to work in the U.S.

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)

“Public Law 99-603 (Act of 11/6/86), was passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders.”

https://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/immigration-reform-and-control-act-1986-irca

TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SUBCHAPTER II - IMMIGRATION Part VIII - General Penalty Provisions § 1323.

Unlawful bringing of aliens into United States

(a) Persons liable

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, including any transportation company, or the owner, master, commanding officer, agent, charterer, or consignee of any vessel or aircraft, to bring to the United States from any place outside thereof (other than from foreign contiguous territory) any alien who does not have a valid passport and an unexpired visa, if a visa was required under this chapter or regulations issued thereunder.

 (2) It is unlawful for an owner, agent, master, commanding officer, person in charge, purser, or consignee of a vessel or aircraft who is bringing an alien (except an alien crewmember) to the United States to take any consideration to be kept or returned contingent on whether an alien is admitted to, or ordered removed from, the United States.

D. Conley