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Report: 80% of day laborers not legal
Orange City Council to discuss options for day laborers including permits and increased enforcement at sites.
By COURTNEY BACALSO
The Orange County Register


ORANGE – The Orange City Council today will discuss a far-reaching, multipronged approach to dealing with the problems surrounding day laborers in the city.

Among the proposals: having day laborers obtain and display a permit issued by the city.

In a report obtained by The Orange County Register, City Attorney David DeBerry is urging changes in the way the city-operated day-labor Resource Center operates and increasing enforcement at sites around the city where day laborers solicit work.

DeBerry's report says 80 percent of the workers who use the Resource Center do not comply with federal immigration laws and that many are from outside the city. The report says workers come from Anaheim and Santa Ana because the Orange center is less crowded and the pay is better.

DeBerry also cites problems he says the laborers create around the city, from public urination to gambling on sidewalks. Among his proposals is one requiring workers and those who allow them to congregate on their property to get and display permits. Two forms of identification would be required to obtain the permit to make sure federal immigration laws are followed.

“I want to make it clear that we aren't condoning the solicitation of work,â€