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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good luck with your roofers, home reno workers, lawn service, tree service, restaurant and fast food workers, home health care workers for the elderly, nursing home workers, produce pickers, seafood processors, meat packing workers, public restroom cleaners, and workers who do every shitty job Americans don’t want to do. [/quote]

You know what?  I live in a rural community.  
All of the people I hire and who work at local businesses are actually NOT illegal migrants.  They are born and bred American workers.  It is refreshing.  We have many lawn service professionals, roofers, tree service professionals, and fast food workers who were born and raised in this area.  Glad to give them the work.  
Why would I hire an illegal migrant to roof my home?  Are they bonded?  Do they have insurance?  Likely no.  
Why would I hire someone here illegally to do any kind of work around my home if they can't speak English well enough to communicate?

I am all for a guest worker program, but I am vehemently opposed to the employment of people here illegally.  [/quote]

That's nice. So why are you on the DC Urban Moms and Dads board? In the DC metro area, the vast majority of these jobs are performed by immigrants, legal or not. And we don't hire "illegal migrants" as roofers--we hire mostly white contractors who use migrants to do the work. Also, many immigrants who have been here a while are bonded and do have insurance. And the ones that run their own businesses do know enough English to communicate. Why don't you frequent message boards that reflect the reality of your rural community--why waste your time on this board?  [/quote]

Your whole post conflates illegal migrants with legal immigrants.  
And, who cares if I am on this board?  So are people from NY and FL and other states.  
I didn't realize it was exclusively for DC residents.  [b]And, BTW - I recently lived in the DC suburbs.  Even there, I never hired people here illegally.  Nor would I hire a business who had employees here illegally.[/b]  [/quote]

How do you know if someone is legal or not? Did you ask for their paperwork? Did you have them complete an I-9 form?

I have lived in the DMV 25+ years. Every time I hire a contractor to do upgrades on my home, the various workers that show up are immigrants and mostly Hispanic. I hired the company/contractor--I don't know what the status of their workers is. Should I be asking the contractor to show me his workers' immigration status papers?

If you actually did recently live in the DC suburbs, then you would know firsthand that most of the people servicing our homes are immigrants--not "born and bred American workers." I realize that's not the same everywhere in the country--but that is the reality here.

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This is a dumb question. Yes, you should be asking the contractor if his employees are legal. This is like asking if I should follow the DUI law.[/quote]
lol.. because the contractor would always tell the truth?  LOL.   Hopefully, not all rural are as dumb as you are.[/quote]

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