What do you know about the illegal immigrant community in your area?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Nope; said nothing of the sort. In one of my earlier posts (q.v.), I said that I'd asked Mrs. T-B. whether SHE had asked the third parties' immigration status (q.v. her answer). In the end, these transactions were conducted willingly between service-buyers and service-sellers when neither had to buy or sell.

If we had found them on Craigslist or another site, or in an ad in a tabloid found in a newspaper rack near a supermarket entrance, we'd have done the same -- figured out whether the transaction of money-for-work would be mutually palatable. The only difference here was that Mrs. T-B. had to do the communicating due to language barriers, and we ended up with excellent independent contractors.

You hired illegals ?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You hired illegals ?

Sure. No one else is standing there on the corner looking for work. The ones that have signs that say, "Will work for food," say, "Piss off!" when you actually offer them something to do.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

You hired illegals ?

There was no way to know, because we didn't ax.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Has anyone learned anything about the illegals in their community since this thread died? Would anyone like to know more? What do you think of all of the US citizens that are benefiting from this?

[웃 910]

Has anyone learned anything about the illegals in their community since this thread died? Would anyone like to know more? What do you think of all of the US citizens that are benefiting from this?

I can't blame them.

Edited June 4, 2011 by Lord Infamous

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Has anyone learned anything about the illegals in their community since this thread died? Would anyone like to know more? What do you think of all of the US citizens that are benefiting from this?

I was at a local kabab place a few days ago. I overheard an interesting/weird conversation between the store manager's son (appears to be in his 20s) and one of his hispanic male employees who was (I presume) on break and eating. The employee was sitting at a table eating and the manager's son was behind the counter so he was speaking loudly. He told him he needs a girl to work the evening shift to closing. The employee responded yeah I know a girl. Manager's son asks him if she's single. Employee says yeah. Manager's son looks excited and says wow that's great - so no boyfriend or husband? Employee says no not anymore. Manager's son asks - what happened? Employee says he got deported. Manager's son - back to Honduras? Employee - yeah.. so she's kinda desperate. Manager's son - wow! that's awesome. bring her in after closing tomorrow, i'll talk to her. and let her know she doesn't have to worry about a ride, i can pick her up and drop her off. Employee says, ok, no problem, i breeng her in.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I was at a local kabab place a few days ago. I overheard an interesting/weird conversation between the store manager's son (appears to be in his 20s) and one of his hispanic male employees who was (I presume) on break and eating. The employee was sitting at a table eating and the manager's son was behind the counter so he was speaking loudly. He told him he needs a girl to work the evening shift to closing. The employee responded yeah I know a girl. Manager's son asks him if she's single. Employee says yeah. Manager's son looks excited and says wow that's great - so no boyfriend or husband? Employee says no not anymore. Manager's son asks - what happened? Employee says he got deported. Manager's son - back to Honduras? Employee - yeah.. so she's kinda desperate. Manager's son - wow! that's awesome. bring her in after closing tomorrow, i'll talk to her. and let her know she doesn't have to worry about a ride, i can pick her up and drop her off. Employee says, ok, no problem, i breeng her in.

Is that a ride to work or a ride at work this manager's son is talking about?

[justashooter 430]

The message I take from this;

Effecting a mass "round-up" and deportation, at this point, would be a greater miracle than Noah and the ark.

I think we should take a lesson from history.

google "joseph swing, operation wetback" and take a lesson from history.

deporting illegals en masse has been done, economically and effectively.

[scandal 951]

Spooky -

last fall my wife worked for a few weeks at a local Thai restaurant where one of her friends has been waitressing for years. Both my wife and her friend are legal. The restaurant pays in cash. There was no witholding for taxes or FICA, no W-4s, no ID check. There were about 5 others working there - waiting tables, bussing, dishwashing, cooking. All Thai. My wife spoke to them, and they told her that none of them are in the country legally. After about 3 weeks she got a better job and she left. The restaurant is still there and her friend works there, but I won't eat there.

[BSquared 9]

Some of it would obviously depend what country you are from. If you interacted in the that community you wouldn't need to ask anyone anything. I hear all kinds of things that I shouldn't hear or people shouldn't tell me. You don't have the interaction to understand what I am talking about. You have answered my original question based upon your experience and knowledge and I thank you for your input.

I am quite interested in what everyone has to say about this and how much they know about the underground, how the illegals get SS#, DL, etc, etc.

I haven't read past this comment yet... but figured I'd respond before I lost track of where this was... A friend of my father's used to work with 2 illegal Mexicans (about 10 years back). There were 3 of them, the one was a LPR, so of course he drove his 2 brothers around. I also remember my father stating that the one had a dead man's SSC. Not sure how exactly that works. Lol.

[The Dude 206]

google "joseph swing, operation wetback" and take a lesson from history.

deporting illegals en masse has been done, economically and effectively.

It's also been done illegally, but I wouldn't expect facts and laws to concern someone like you.

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I haven't read past this comment yet... but figured I'd respond before I lost track of where this was... A friend of my father's used to work with 2 illegal Mexicans (about 10 years back). There were 3 of them, the one was a LPR, so of course he drove his 2 brothers around. I also remember my father stating that the one had a dead man's SSC. Not sure how exactly that works. Lol.

That reminds me of something 'weird' I noticed a few weeks ago. A latina cashier at a local fast food joint who had a 9 digit number in the format xxx-xx-xxxx written in ink on her arm. I asked her if it was her first day, she nodded. I asked her if she liked the job and I think I hit the limit of her knowledge in the English language because she just looked confused and then ignored it.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I can you how it is down around here, and perhaps elsewhere. Several migrants will go together to buy a car from a private party. They take turns driving, and the one who has a driver's license leaves it in the glovebox for the others to use. If they get in an accident, or something happens to the car, they walk away, because the vehicle isn't registered or insured.

Same thing with SSN. Several will find jobs, using the same name and SSN. Of course, they never bother filing taxes, and if the employer gets wise, they just look for a different job. It's not unusual for each of them to work for several employers at the same time, taking part time jobs.

[BSquared 9]

That reminds me of something 'weird' I noticed a few weeks ago. A latina cashier at a local fast food joint who had a 9 digit number in the format xxx-xx-xxxx written in ink on her arm. I asked her if it was her first day, she nodded. I asked her if she liked the job and I think I hit the limit of her knowledge in the English language because she just looked confused and then ignored it.

Think that's how she remembered the number? Lol.

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Think that's how she remembered the number? Lol.

I assume so. I don't want to assume it's not actually hers, who knows, she may just be cognitively disabled and have trouble remembering numbers that long.