by Jeff Davis
According to a recent news article online, “Two executives at a company that once helped build a fence to keep illegal immigrants from crossing the Mexican border were sentenced Wednesday to six months of home confinement for hiring undocumented workers. Mel Kay, founder, chairman and president of Golden State Fence Co., and manager Michael McLaughlin had pleaded guilty in federal court to knowingly hiring illegal aliens. U.S. District Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz ordered each to serve 1,040 hours of community service and spend three years on probation. Kay, 64, was fined $200,000 as part of a plea agreement, and McLaughlin agreed to pay $100,000… Federal prosecutors took the rare step of seeking prison time after the men acknowledged hiring at least 10 illegal immigrants in 2004 and 2005. The charges carried a maximum possible penalty of five years in prison. However, prosecutors were unable to find a previous case in which an employer had been sent to jail for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.” This alone goes far to explain why we have such a huge illegal immigration problem in this country. Perhaps the irony of hiring illegal Mexicans to build the Mexican border fence was a little too embarrassing for the Feds.
But wait, there’s more: “Moskowitz said he was uneasy with handing down jail time because the company did not deserve to be the poster child for unscrupulous employers. All of Kay’s workers paid Social Security taxes and received health benefits, vacation and sick time. Many earned more than $50,000 a year.” (more…)
