And then fines the firm that hired them.
Major irony alert.
Firm fined $5 million in immigration casehttp://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-fence15dec15,1,333725.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california<snip>
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: