Reply #5: How can you have sympathy for the subcontractor? He's been breaking

[williesgirl]

the law for years. Let him cope with his contract with the military. He may just have to hire legal workers, whether immigrant or citizens, and pay them a living wage. I think he should be arrested & fined heavily as well.

I feel for the families caught up in this but they also knew the risk when they came here illegally. Maybe once word gets out that the well is running dry, they'll even force the Mexican government to do whats right for its own citizens, end the corruption and move toward allowing Mexican families to stay home and yet live decently.

I've known quite a few men who've come here to work illegally. It's also heartbreaking to hear how lonely they are away from their families, never watching their kids grow up. They're treated horribly by American employers, threatening them for minor things they wouldn't dare do to American workers. They work them like dogs and pay them poorly, knowing they'll take it since they have no recourse. This has to end.