Comments on: Hiring illegals = racketeering, cont’d

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:11:29 +0000

I am torn on this topic.

On the one hand, it’s certainly appalling to see the system used like this…

Yet, on the other, since the system is used like this all the time on really BAD things, it might as well be used like this to do something GOOD as well. Not the best way to handle it, but better than nothing, which is what we’re getting from the government right now…

By: David Wilson

David Wilson — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:01:03 +0000

This is a RARE instance in which I find myself gleeful about the activities of plaintiff’s counsel. The better solution would of course be effective enforcement of our immigration laws, including heavy penalties for employers who hire illegals. But the political establishment is asleep on the job on the issue of illegals, and when there’s money to be made, guess who’ll step in.

By: Workplace Prof Blog

Workplace Prof Blog — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:43:25 +0000

Interesting Post on the Increasing Use of RICO in Illegal Hire Cases

Overlawyered has the details here (through the Stromata blog). Tom Veal, over at Stromata, is concerned that RICO is being used in employment cases in ways that it was never intended to be used. He asserts:There’s nothing wrong, needless to