Ohio Judge Wants It To be Illegal to Hire Illegals – ????
Really? Wow. You mean it’s not illegal to hire illegals? Shouldn’t it go without saying that hiring someone you know is here illegally is in fact illegal. Perhaps it is and we just need to specify the penalties for doing so.
[Cincinnati.com] A Hamilton County judge is asking Ohio lawmakers to adopt a law that punishes those who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
“This cracks down on the employers,” Judge Norbert Nadel said Wednesday. “If there’s no well for them to drink out of, they won’t come.”
Nadel has nothing against immigrants, but thinks they should be here legally….
But the Rev. Bill Jansen of Su Casa Hispanic Ministries in Carthage scoffs at Nadel’s attempt.
“I think it’s just part of the whole attempt, which is somewhat political, to squeeze the immigrants,” Jansen said.
Nadel seeks a law similar to one enacted by Arizona.
That law punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants by placing the employers on probation, and suspending business licenses until they file documents swearing they won’t hire illegal immigrants and agree to fire the workers.
Nadel’s comments come as Butler County Sheriff Rick Jones has gained attention for his attempt to deport jailed illegal immigrants.
Jones has sent eight of his officers for training that gives them immigration enforcement powers – generally held only by federal agents – in trying to speed deportation of illegal immigrants jailed in Butler County.
