Thread: Alabama Judge Rules Illegal Immigrant Due Workers Comp for L

Originally Posted by had_enuf

Bootsie, what about sending him back and his illegal employer with him. That's a thought, when employers are found with illegals, send the whole bunch of them south of the border where he'll find plenty of cheap labor. Now that really would be getting two birds with one stone.

How about us changing it a little send the whole bunch back including the Employer and make the employer the employee.

If we keep on, we might want to look into transportation stock!!

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdail ... 125b.shtml

EDITORIAL

Ruling in illegal’s comp suit complicates complex issue

Workers who are in the country illegally and injured on the job are entitled to workers' compensation benefits in Alabama, a Birmingham judge ruled.

The decision muddies the already murky issues involving the rights of those who are in the country illegally.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge G. William Noble ruled that Henry W. Lambert Construction Inc. must pay 17-year-old Omar Santos Cruz workers' compensation benefits of $240 per week for the rest of his life, plus all medical expenses. Mr. Santos Cruz, who was in the country illegally, was working for the construction company last year when he fell through a window on a job site. He remains partially paralyzed.

Lambert and the Home Builders Association of Alabama wanted the judge to deny benefits for the teen based on his immigration status.

W. Russell Davis, an executive vice president of the Home Builders Association, acknowledged that Hispanics provide essential skills to the state's booming construction industry. Without them, he said, the industry would not have enough skilled trades workers to keep up with demand.

While we don't condone the flood of immigrants coming into the country illegally, we also believe the Home Builders Association was trying to have it both ways.

If construction companies or other employers benefit from the hard work of employees without first confirming the workers' status â€â€

ABSOLUTELY TRUE. They want it both ways. CHEAP LABOR. Then, when something happens, OFF THE HOOK. I say make them pay through the nose. The person writing this editorial is RIGHT---it should make them think twice about hiring illegals in the first place. I still look at this as a VICTORY for us.