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JI7

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42. how is he going to find out if they are illegal ? if he knows they are being paid 3 dollars an hour
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:22 PM
Aug 2012

they must be illegal. it's illegal to pay that much anyways.

he should report it and see what turns up.

All for immigration Confusious Aug 2012 #1
If you can't out compete a person new to this country and culture, then you are doing something wron alfredo Aug 2012 #2
So I suppose you're all for Confusious Aug 2012 #3
This is not about outside companies bringing workers. cosmicone Aug 2012 #4
And even then, half the posts in the thread so far are hostile to the idea. It's depressing. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #7
I know. Astonishing isn't it? n/t cosmicone Aug 2012 #18
OMG. You so make me laugh, with that shocked/appalled routine closeupready Aug 2012 #36
You shocked me again cosmicone Aug 2012 #41
Yea it is about that Confusious Aug 2012 #23
I suspect that you're confused cosmicone Aug 2012 #31
No you're confused Confusious Aug 2012 #32
+1000. We're no longer "in it together"; it's sink-or-swim, I guess. closeupready Aug 2012 #9
+1 lunasun Aug 2012 #21
I come from a blue-collar family Confusious Aug 2012 #27
I've argued before that with higher wages 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #13
it's been an old excuse AlphaCentauri Aug 2012 #22
I was talking about the fear of immigrants in general. alfredo Aug 2012 #33
I have no fear of immigrants Confusious Aug 2012 #35
Many illegals came here because they had jobs waiting. We have to insist on fair wages for all. alfredo Aug 2012 #38
If you can't outcompete some kid in China 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #12
How can I compete with someone who will wash dishes and mop floors for $3 per hour? limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #26
Insist the minimum wage laws are enforced. alfredo Aug 2012 #34
There is a restaurant in my neighborhood that has about 15 illegal immigrants working the kitchen. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #37
yes, report them alfredo Aug 2012 #40
how is he going to find out if they are illegal ? if he knows they are being paid 3 dollars an hour JI7 Aug 2012 #42
"I'm all for X, but.." (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #5
".. not if X subtracts value from my world/family/society." closeupready Aug 2012 #6
I'm curious... ponsheki Aug 2012 #10
I don't understand your question - closeupready Aug 2012 #11
Of course I don't favor Unconditional Immigration ponsheki Aug 2012 #14
Personally, I'm pro-immigration, but you see upthread what happens closeupready Aug 2012 #15
Then How Do You Want the Current Immigration System Changed? ponsheki Aug 2012 #16
I'm not sure I think immigration needs change; rather, global labor markets closeupready Aug 2012 #17
I didn't know those where the only two form of immigration Confusious Aug 2012 #25
Unlike the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis AlphaCentauri Aug 2012 #29
I don't care about legal immigrants Confusious Aug 2012 #30
Black and white thinking Confusious Aug 2012 #28
Um, immigrants live here. Dreamer Tatum Aug 2012 #8
I know immigrants live here Confusious Aug 2012 #24
say what? lunasun Aug 2012 #20
I Support Immigration. Period. qwlauren35 Aug 2012 #19
Immigrants... emigrants... citizens... workers... LanternWaste Aug 2012 #39
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