Thread: Taxpayer Funded "We Can Help" Program Assists Ille

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Government's Taxpayer Funded "We Can Help" Program Assists Illegal Aliens Who are "Vulnerable and Underpaid"

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Washington, DC -- September 23, 2010

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and
prosecutes government corruption, today announced that it has filed a
lawsuit against the Obama Department of Labor to obtain records
regarding a federal program designed to help "vulnerable and
underpaid" illegal alien workers obtain fair wages "regardless of
immigration status." The campaign, launched by the Labor Department
under the auspices of the Wage and Hour Division in April 2010,
encourages illegal aliens to contact the government for assistance in
earning fair wages from employers.

Judicial Watch seeks the following documents through its FOIA request
originally filed on July 9, 2010:

...any and all records of complaints by undocumented workers under the
Wage and Hour Division's "We Can Help" Program. The time frame for
this request is April 1, 2010 until July 9, 2010.

...any and all records of the policies and procedures of the Wage and
Hour Division's "We Can Help" program concerning, regarding, or
relating to complaints received from an undocumented worker. The time
frame for this request is April 1, 2010 until July 9, 2010.


According to a Department of Labor press release announcing the We Can
Help campaign, "The campaign...underscores that wage and hour laws apply
to all workers in the United States, regardless of immigration
status." The release also indicates that 250 new field
investigators had been added to the government payroll to target
employers who deny workers their "rightful wage."

In a public service announcement promoting the campaign, available in
both English and Spanish, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says, "Remember,
every worker in America has a right to be paid fairly whether documented
or not." She then encourages workers to contact the government's new
toll-free hotline for a "confidential" consultation. The government
also has an Internet site dedicated to the We Can Help Program as well
and has recruited celebrity spokespersons such as actor Jimmy Smits to
help promote the campaign.

"This campaign demonstrates just how backward the Obama
administration's approach to illegal immigration is. The Obama White
House attacks the State of Arizona for passing a law to enforce federal
immigration law, while using taxpayer funds to help illegal aliens work
illegally in the United States. No wonder the Obama Labor Department is
stonewalling the release of any documents that could shed light on this
scandalous waste of taxpayer resources," stated Judicial Watch
President Tom Fitton.

"scandalous waste of taxpayer resources,"
I call it what it is. Embezzlement of public funds.
American funds. Just makes me sick.
I want their hides. How dare they?