Thread: Laguna Beach residents sue over day laborer site

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The lawsuit alleges the site is illegal, and asks the city to stop spending taxpayer money

LAGUNA BEACH -- City officials are violating federal law by collecting fees from workers at a day-labor site along Laguna Canyon Road without checking their immigration status, according to a lawsuit filed today

Judicial Watch, a Washington D.C.-based public interest group, filed the lawsuit on behalf of Eileen Garcia and George Riviere, city residents who say they have vocalized the site's legality to city council members in the past.

The suit, filed in Orange County Superior Court, contends day laborers are charged a $1 referral fee each day he or she gets work, and that employers using the site get $5 for each day laborer hired from the site.

Federal law holds that it is unlawful to hire an undocumented immigrant or refer an immigrant for such employment, according to the suit.

Garcia, who spoke at a news conference in Santa Ana, said she filed the suit because she wants all workers to be documented.

"It's the right thing to do. Taxpayers fund the site,'' she said.

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