Recent news from Idaho concerned a northern Idaho contractor complaining that ICE had arrested and deported two of his experienced workers.\u00a0 He was blaming one of his customers for informing ICE of the \u201cMexican\u201d workers both of whom were from Honduras.\u00a0 Both were deported after living for many years in the U.S. and having no criminal records. The contractor acknowledged that he voted for President Trump.\u00a0 I am disinclined to object to an illegal immigrant being deported.\u00a0 Although the deportation often disrupts his\/her family we are each responsible for the decisions we make in life.\u00a0 I am more concerned that legal action was not initiated against the contractor for his hiring decisions which were certainly unlawful.\u00a0 Be the subject illegal drugs or illegal labor, each is a result of a demand.\u00a0 Punishing drug users helps to reduce demand.\u00a0 I am aware of no publicized instance where an employer was so punished.\u00a0 Why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Recent news from Idaho concerned a northern Idaho contractor complaining that ICE had arrested and deported two of his experienced workers.\u00a0 He was blaming one of his customers for informing ICE of the \u201cMexican\u201d workers both of whom were from Honduras.\u00a0 Both were deported after living for many years in the U.S. and having no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n