Comments on: Fence Company Execs Might Go to Jail for Illegal Hires http://www.tomsbigpicture.com/2007/03/28/fence-company-execs-might-go-to-jail-for-illegal-hires/ A Discussion of Politics, Religion, Business, Science, Technology and Life - Comments Encouraged! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:43:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: brian http://www.tomsbigpicture.com/2007/03/28/fence-company-execs-might-go-to-jail-for-illegal-hires/#comment-1224 brian Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:08:46 +0000 http://www.tomsbigpicture.com/2007/03/28/fence-company-execs-might-go-to-jail-for-illegal-hires/#comment-1224 The problem here is that they didn't actually get jailtime; just house arrest, community service, and probation. If the threat of actual time as a guest of the state doesn't dissuade the Koslowskis, Lays, etc., of the world, do you think an ankle bracelet will? Here's their sentence: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070329/ap_on_re_us/immigration_illegal_hiring_2 What a joke. <i>Of course</i>, the prosecutors couldn't find any case of the employers doing jail time. Nobody ever has. THAT might get somebody's attention, together with VERY stiff fines (an order of magnitude or two above $200K) The problem here is that they didn’t actually get jailtime; just house arrest, community service, and probation. If the threat of actual time as a guest of the state doesn’t dissuade the Koslowskis, Lays, etc., of the world, do you think an ankle bracelet will?

Here’s their sentence:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070329/ap_on_re_us/immigration_illegal_hiring_2

What a joke. Of course, the prosecutors couldn’t find any case of the employers doing jail time. Nobody ever has. THAT might get somebody’s attention, together with VERY stiff fines (an order of magnitude or two above $200K)

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