Two companies of tens or hundreds of thousands. And for those two, how much money did they make off the backs of illegal workers? I’m willing to bet significantly more than they were fined.
Edit: at least for Durable Inc, according to Ice, who is is probably going to want to appear tough rather than dow playing it, this is the second time they’ve been fined and their workforce is 92% illegal workers (roughly 53 legal workers, 604 not). If they’re not bankrupted by having, 92% illegal workers, clearly its just a tax, not a punishment or attempt to stop them.
There are more companies that have been fined recently, I was just giving those two examples of it happening.
The thing is about the fines, they are low, but companies that depend on exploiting illegals can’t survive without that cheap labor with their business model. So either they adjust and are good boys and girls, or they go bankrupt. I would rather have a business come into compliance at a higher price point, but going under is the market excising a tumor. So the fines being lower than lethal has a potential upside that creates jobs for citizens.
Two companies of tens or hundreds of thousands. And for those two, how much money did they make off the backs of illegal workers? I’m willing to bet significantly more than they were fined.
Edit: at least for Durable Inc, according to Ice, who is is probably going to want to appear tough rather than dow playing it, this is the second time they’ve been fined and their workforce is 92% illegal workers (roughly 53 legal workers, 604 not). If they’re not bankrupted by having, 92% illegal workers, clearly its just a tax, not a punishment or attempt to stop them.
That’s nothing. Like, less than $350 per person. They’re laughing their way to the bank.
There are more companies that have been fined recently, I was just giving those two examples of it happening.
The thing is about the fines, they are low, but companies that depend on exploiting illegals can’t survive without that cheap labor with their business model. So either they adjust and are good boys and girls, or they go bankrupt. I would rather have a business come into compliance at a higher price point, but going under is the market excising a tumor. So the fines being lower than lethal has a potential upside that creates jobs for citizens.