Thread: Bill would crack down on employers who hire illegal immigran

POSTED: 11:51 MDT Monday, March 16, 2009

by Simon Shifrin

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Tags - business, Idaho Legislature, immigrant labor, labor market

A Senate committee agreed this morning to print a bill that would crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants.

The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, told the Senate State Affairs Committee that the measure is a “knock offâ€

Sounds like a few of these commenting got kicked in the head while trying to milk those cows. E-Verify is probably more reliable than anything other the government has done, including the IRS. What payments to SS and FICA? Sure illegals get charged those taxes, but since they are illegal the companies undoubtedly don't report that they even work there and pocket those tax deductions. After all four or five legal employees can certainly milk a herd of 5,000 milk cows.