Roofer didn't finish job because of ICE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yes, or even just arrest and detainment. Even if you eventually make it back to your family it’s pretty traumatic.

My point is that people who say that they check to see if workers have green cards, are either lying or breaking the law. Even employers who are careful to follow the law will likely have employees who legal temporary status and permission to work, and that people in that category have reason to be afraid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

100%

We need them because Americans want desk jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Green card or documentation proving the lawful ability to work in the United States. Sorry. Just using short-hand.

[Anonymous]

Yes, las week we got an email from a builder we'd used in Montgomery Co who said they were temporarily suspending work in DC because of ICE. A contractor who was legal had been detained and it spooked everyone.

Can you ask them if they can refund you the portion to have you handle it with another contractor?

[Anonymous]

Call Built by Bennet for the siding. Once you have an estimate, decide how to move forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Sure is. I wonder who is enforcing the law. oh.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unlike the people who think you're being ripped off, I think the contractor is likely telling you the truth. Sadly, with the National Guard and ice crawling around DC it's more dangerous for people of color to be there.
Recently, I took a train somewhere and when I returned, I had a very difficult time getting an Uber to come to Union Station. That had never happened to me before. The driver told me that most Uber drivers, who we know are mostly immigrants, avoid Union Station now.

It's really happening. Our roofer had one of his workers picked up by ICE and the general contractor told us that they have stopped sending their crews to D.C.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Green card or documentation proving the lawful ability to work in the United States. Sorry. Just using short-hand.

Using green card as a short hand in a conversation about what kinds of documentation keeps you safe from ICE is bizarrely ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Time to arrest and charge these "builders" and roofer agencies who have been hiring and exploiting illegals.

They need to be rounded up and given harsher penalties than the illegals themselves, as they are the real problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Time to arrest and charge these "builders" and roofer agencies who have been hiring and exploiting illegals.

They need to be rounded up and given harsher penalties than the illegals themselves, as they are the real problem.

All these places are basically admitting in writing and other ways that they have been breaking the law. DOJ will likely be looking at them soon. They are screwed now.

[Anonymous]

Is the company refunding your money?

[Anonymous]

They are detaining and arresting anyone who looks Latino and does the kinds of jobs they think undocumented people do. It is not relevant if they have “documentation.” They have detained US citizens.

It’s not crazy to suspend your activities in DC because you don’t want to run the risk of your workers spending one minute in ICE detention.

[Anonymous]

Doesnt DC DLCP have a scheme to get reimbursed when a contractor doesn't finish a job and you already paid them? Maryland has it, called MHIC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are detaining and arresting anyone who looks Latino and does the kinds of jobs they think undocumented people do. It is not relevant if they have “documentation.” They have detained US citizens.

It’s not crazy to suspend your activities in DC because you don’t want to run the risk of your workers spending one minute in ICE detention.

Please don't use the racial slur Latino. Hispanic is preferrable for a blanket term. Or Mexican or Peruvian or Cuban, etc.

[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.

Nobody cares about your lame politics. This is a non issue outside of DC. Had my roof replaced in Northern VA in about 2 weeks, no problema. This is the way it goes if you are here illegally.