Day Labor Sites Harm Local Businesses And Homeowners
By Greg L | 23 May 2008 | Fairfax County, Illegal Aliens, Crime | 34 Comments

Derek Boudreau, the owner of Living Water Design & Build of Centreville is tired of competitors using cheap illegal alien labor to undercut his business, and is even more tired when the local mainstream media displays a consistent favoratism towards these people that are destroying his business. In a recent article published in the Centre View North: http://connectionnewspapers.com/article ... 82&cat=104 , Boudreau lays out in stark detail the reality of illegal alien labor and its effect on legal businesses, and the risks attendent to homeowners when they try to shave a few dollars off a remodeling project’s cost.

[quote]“People who hire people at day-labor sites have no responsibility for them and don’t have to pay insurance or Workmen’s Compensation for them. It’s totally illegal for a contractor to pick up a day laborer, but we continue to let it happen. These contractors can then bid [jobs] at a lower price [because they have less expenses], but contractors legally paying their bills, insurance, licensing, business and federal taxes and general liability insurance have to bid higher. And it can push them out of business or tempt them to go illegal.â€