It’s not just big business who hires cheap illegal labor. I have a cousin in North Carolina who rehabs and flips houses, and owns a handfull of rental properties. He has no full time, permanant employees, but hires one or two temporary employees when needed for a project. This past year he hired illegals, and they worked hard and they worked cheap. He is sold on day labor.

My uncle in Omaha owns several rental properties. He is a sole proprietor, has no employees. The illegals have sought sanctuary in his neighborhood, and he is happy to rent to them. He does not care where his money comes from, as long as he gets his rent (although he does miss his wndow screens and wonders where they disappeared–seriously).

These are not big businessmen. They are sole proprietors. They will not stop hiring and harboring illegals until local and Federal government make the cost of doing so too high.

I hope ICE continues the immigration raids on big business. It makes sense to do so, because the biggest employers are the easiest to catch and you catch more illegals at a single large site. To to assume that most illegals work at big businesses is just worng. The majority of workers in the USA are employed at firms that have 50 or fewer employees. To be effective, ICE also needs to pay attention to the small business and those who hire day labor. I haven’t read about any action against smaller and temp emploters. A few well publisized actions against those employers will truly put a chill in the illegal labor market, because they employ the majority of illegal workers and can least afford to pay the fines and defend themselves.

I have also seen little action against those who harbor, other than stash houses with about 50 recent arrivals. Again, most illegals are not in stash houses, and enforcement needs to pay attention to those who rent to illegals long term, and those who leave their screen doors open. The inability to find long term housing will deter illegal labor just as much as the inability to find employment.

Thanks for reading my daily rant!

BTW, you might want to pick one pseudonym and stick with it.

They didn’t discuss Jay O’Brien, Scott Lingamfelter, Bob Fitzsimmonds, or Richard Stuart either. That’s not because they don’t care for them, but simply because there are only so many races they’re going to cover and Frederick and Miller are unusual standouts on this issue.