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I would hope no one here hires illegal immigrants and I would really hope no one would be dumb enough to admit it if they did!

How exactly does one check? When we hired a licensed contractor for some painting in one of our rentals, we stopped by only to find there were about 3 or 4 hispanics doing the painting, not the "white" guy we hired. These laborers may have been citizens, legal residents... or not. What do you think would have been the answer had we asked them - or the contractor?

That's the biggest problem with this illegal immigration work issue... verification. Sure, if you have a company that employs people, there is a (flawed) system in place to help check employment eligibility, but what does somebody hiring a laborer as an independent contractor for a couple of hours do?

The problem is so bad in some parts of Califonia you could drive for miles and not see a white guy and on top of that Mexico flags flying at many businesses and homes!

I moved from my cozy Danville home to this place to invest in rentals for a few years then hire a property manager and go back home. I live in a nice area in my temporary home but the towns overall population is 87% Hispanic and many of them do not speak English!

Rule number one should be if you want to live here you must read, write and speak English, anyone pulled over that fails a simple test gets sent back to where they came from.

Check their documentation. If they have a legitimate SS# you will be violating profiling edicate if you investigate further.
Don

Many illegals use fake or stolen SS numbers and require further investigation. My ex wife is a Mexican American born here and raised by parents that immigrated here the legal way. She was not even tought Spanish because they wanted their children to be "real Americans". These highly educated Mexican Americans are far more prejudice towards illegals than any white person.

I am against illegals as well but understand why they come to USA.

LOL, that's good Jason. :)

Just my opinion, but I disagree...

When someone doesn't understand Chemistry or Physics or Geometry, we can blame the school system.

But, when someone chooses not to master the ability to read, write and speak their native language, that's pure laziness on the part of that person.

My friend was illegal and he was employed in AZ by a carport repair dude. I never thought anything of it and didn't see people lining up for a $10/hr labor gig. I'll have to ask him about the SSN thing. Oh and by the way he was white as can be and loved his edmonton oilers. He did speak english, but in that funny canadian way. I should have reported his ass to ICE.

What I've never been able to understand is why any free market capitalist would not be behind some form of immigrant work visa. Better yet, let's mandate that all work done on Fannie or Freddie REOs be done by union labor and have at least one full time OSHA officer on site.

Any one ever been through Solvang, California? Its an quaint little town in the heart of the central coast wine country that was originally settle by the Danes. There they fly Danish flags from their businesses and homes! Some of them even have the audacity to speak Danish.

But is it illegal to contract illegals (honestly, I don't know the answer)?

Regardless, as I've stated in dozens of posts and several BP Blog articles, I would never hire any contractor without having them fill out a W9 and provide proof of insurance.

I'm fairly certain that if you do that, you'll be covered, even if someone provides bogus documentation or if a contractor hires an illegal sub. From a practical standpoint, I can't imagine most judges would hold a small business owner accountable for that type of situation where reasonable steps were taken to protect the business owner from liability.

Though obviously I could be wrong... :D