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Why Nevada protects workers here illegally
One reason cited: To avoid ‘perverse incentives’
By Timothy Pratt (contact)

Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 | 2 a.m.


A class-action lawsuit recently filed by the undocumented employees of a local cleaning company underscores that workers who are in the country illegally have many of the same workplace rights that U.S. citizens have.

That’s particularly important in Nevada because illegal immigrants make up an estimated 12.2 percent of the state’s workforce, according to a 2008 Pew Hispanic Center study.

But the idea that undocumented workers have rights is also controversial. Members of the “What part of illegal don’t you understand?â€

so deport the ILLEGALS

Originally Posted by uniteasone

so deport the ILLEGALS

And imprison the criminals in the government and business.