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Originally Posted by Crowbob
I believe there's a backlash happening against attackers of Sheriff Joe. The straits are becoming more dire and sympathies for illegals is waning.
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Well, there is plenty of sympathy for illegal workers and lots of ire at employers, since they're seen as labor and management, respectively. (That's not how I see it, fwiw.) However, when it comes to ID theft, everyone gets pissed off. I heard this bust was a result of Sheriff Joe finding 100 locals who'd had their identities stolen and wanted to assist in the investigation. Kinda hard to turn that down. I'm sure some of those 100 folks are sympathetic to the illegals, but not enough to forgive ID theft.
BTW, I'm curious what an employer can do beyond running someone through E-Verify. Obviously, if the ID is stolen, there's a good chance of that job applicant showing up as legal, since the docs are legit, just not his. What else can you do? Tell someone they have mighty brown skin and speak bad English for having a name like Bill Smith and do some extra vetting? That begs for a lawsuit. And the feds don't want to solve the problem anyway. I started a thread last summer about DOJ's lawsuit against Maricopa Community Colleges for refusing to hire a foreigner who couldn't produce a green card. With friends like DOJ, who needs enemies?