San Diego -- Two executives from Golden State, a Southern California fence company, pleaded guilty Thursday for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
The two men admitted hiring at least 10 legal immigrants and have alleged hiring more than 100 illegal immigrants from 1999 to 2005 and continued to employ illegals even after two government audits. Last year 110 unauthorized workers were found after government agents’ raided Golden State fences Riverside office.
“People slip through the cracks and that’s what happens. Mistakes were made,” Richard Hirsch, an attorney for Golden State and Kay.
The company will pay $4.7 million in fines, in addition the two executives will forfeit a combined $300,000 and both could go to prison. In comparison, last year Wal-Mart paid to end a federal investigation into the use of illegal immigrants agreed to pay $11 million.
Hat tip to Laura for the article
2 comments:
Maybe while they are in prison, they could help build the fence between Mexico and the US! Sounds like they have job experience.
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