Paul makes many good points, especially the ones about prejudice and the costs to the staff of an ICE raid.
In this case questioning triggered a memory of the owner refusing payment for an entire day's work to a Busboy, because he forgot to clock out. When told to fight more agressively for his day's wage, the Busser revealed he was "not legal" and "easily replaced". Herein lies a dilemma for the waiter. Will former colleagues (waiters, busboys and kitchen help) suffer more or less because of enforced accountability? I think in the big picture, we should all be paying our taxes and finding ways to make legal immigration a saner process, but short term, specific people, known to the complainant, could be hurt. I don't think anyone started out working "under the table", but I think some quit and were silenced by the "tax cheat" threat or effected some kind of a silent settlement and others make peace because "tips" are still more than can be made at K-Mart or McDonald's. But some have been there a long time, not paying into Social Security and not building protections against further rip-offs. Best! Liz In a message dated 2/2/2009 3:32:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:I think the average person actually has nothing but prejudice to go on in determining who's in status and who's not, who ICE knows about and who they don't. ____________________________________________________________ Tone your whole body with a great total gym. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw1k8zRsb06wjDpiWkwKYbIAVPxVYiYUOLHEsBB7uJMDAojGx/
