Roofer didn't finish job because of ICE

[Anonymous]

The Supreme Court has already ruled you don’t need to be undocumented to be disappeared. Of course the Latino community is afraid.

[Anonymous]

Tell him to send another contractor to finish the job or you will hire another contractor to do the siding and reduce his total price minus the siding work cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't have to be illegal to be scared right now. Even citizens are being held, let alone legal residents.

My coworker, who is Mexican born but who has been a citizen since 2002, has been pulled over twice.

My cleaning lady used to bring a friend to help her out. That friend no longer comes because she is too afraid to be out on the roads.

[Anonymous]

I can understand why they are scared. ICE pulled over a relative of mine, detained him, and had him prepped to send outside the US within hours. He’s a US citizen, was adopted here as a baby. Has brown skin from his Central American country of origin. Cost a shit-ton of money to get him out before deportation. And he’s been a US citizen pretty much his whole life. It’s not safe anywhere these days.

[Anonymous]

Get other estimates, choose a company, pay him for what's done and move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are just getting ripped off. You didn't pay full in advance for the siding did you?? If you did, live and learn.

Find a reputable place that doesn't hire illegals.

Hehe, don't be fooled because all the "reputable places" hire illegals.

Easy enough to check when they arrive.

Fire them on the spot if they lied. Legit reason to nullify a contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:God you people are out of touch. Yes, the Latino community is terrified and crews working outside are particularly vulnerable. My friend hasn't been able to get her leaking roof in Columbia Heights replaced for over a month now. I talked to a contractor at my mom's and he said they only did the outdoor job because they've worked with her for decades and it's in the back of a house with a driveway to hide their truck. His cousin who lives in DC has been picked up repeatedly and threatened despite being here legally. People are swapping tips on WhatsApp about safe roads and areas like their life depends on it, because it does. Do you not get it? It doesn't matter if you have papers, they are taking people who are brown and speak Spanish. People are reacting accordingly.

THIS.

[Anonymous]

This happens. I have houses in the DMV and South Florida. South Florida is in a townhouse community and we all had roofs done this year. Contractor was legitimate and everyone's papers were in order. Every single worker had a green card. Checked by both the property manager and the BOD. An 8 week job that started June 1 still isn't finished and the contractor went from 30 people who started the project to just 6.

They just don't want the BS. Easier to go home, live on savings and come back in 3 or 4 years. Visit PR or something once a year to keep the green card active. It's a mess.

[Anonymous]

I think the contractor is being truthful about the situation. Our neighbors were having work done in NW last week and ICE pulled up and snatched their contractor's legal workers---the workers are slowly getting released but ICE just grabs Latinos and does not care if they have legal paperwork on them or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happens. I have houses in the DMV and South Florida. South Florida is in a townhouse community and we all had roofs done this year. Contractor was legitimate and everyone's papers were in order. Every single worker had a green card. Checked by both the property manager and the BOD. An 8 week job that started June 1 still isn't finished and the contractor went from 30 people who started the project to just 6.

They just don't want the BS. Easier to go home, live on savings and come back in 3 or 4 years. Visit PR or something once a year to keep the green card active. It's a mess.

It's illegal to require or check for a green card. The list of documents you can ask for is very specific, and there are many people with temporary status and permission to work in the USA. Discriminating against them is illegal.

[Anonymous]

Also, I'd like to note that some of our best, most professional and responsible workers were very probably of the undocumented variety. These people deserve all the perks of citizenship. They're salt of the earth type people. It's disgusting to treat them the way America is treating them now. We need to clear the USCIS backlog and just hand out citizenship to anyone who has lived here for some time and who doesn't have a criminal record. And only then can we build a wall, close the border, be a lot more vigilant with visa overstays, and make entry a lot harder for others. But it's inhumane to treat hardworking, intelligent individuals who have been here for years, paying taxes and all, as if they had never been of value whatsoever.

100% this. Fixing immigration should not be the politicized issue that it has become.

[Anonymous]

It's happening in other places, too..

like FL

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-supporter-breaks-down-ice-employees-2084439

And MN

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ice-arrests-st-paul-roofers/

NY
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protesters-defend-roofers-sought-ice-agents-rochester-ny-immigration-rcna230411

IL

https://abc7chicago.com/post/naperville-news-group-workers-reportedly-detained-agents-believed-ice-working-roof-homeowner-says/17838441/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It's illegal to require or check for a green card. The list of documents you can ask for is very specific, and there are many people with temporary status and permission to work in the USA. Discriminating against them is illegal.

I can’t speak to hiring discrimination laws, but my understanding from friends in real estate is that construction workers that have work permits but not permanent status are refusing to work in DC because of the risk of arrest and deportation.

[Anonymous]

You need to find another roofing company because look around, lots of roofing jobs are being completed with Latinos so I think it’s just a BS excuse or they hired all illegals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are just getting ripped off. You didn't pay full in advance for the siding did you?? If you did, live and learn.

Find a reputable place that doesn't hire illegals.

Most construction workers are 'illegals' as are most landscapers, cleaners, painters, etc. People better get used to not being able to find people to work on houses and lawns.

- A contractor