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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 09:25 PM
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The feds contract with a firm with illegal immigrants to fence out illegal immigrants!
Edited on Fri Dec-15-06 09:25 PM by Steve_DeShazer
And then fines the firm that hired them.

Major irony alert.

Firm fined $5 million in immigration case

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-fence15dec15,1,333725.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

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SAN DIEGO — A Southern California fence-building company and two executives pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and agreed to pay a combined penalty of $5 million, marking a rare victory for the federal government in prosecuting employers for immigration crimes.

Golden State Fence Co. pleaded guilty to the charge as a misdemeanor and agreed to pay $4.7 million to the federal government. It admitted hiring illegal workers between January 1999 and November 2005.

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Mel Kay, 64, the company's chairman and president, and Michael McLaughlin, 42, manager of the company's Oceanside office, pleaded guilty to the charge as a felony. Kay agreed to pay a $200,000 fine, and McLaughlin agreed to pay a $100,000 fine.

The men, who admitted hiring at least 10 illegal immigrants, were released on their own recognizance.

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Now THAT'S capitalism for ya. :crazy:
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 09:28 PM
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1. You just have sit and admire the beauty.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 09:48 PM
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2. It most certainly is proof that capitalism works.
For the haves.
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