Illegal Immigration,  Politics

Idaho County Sues Over Illegal Immigrant Workers

Robert Vasquez,Commissioner, Canyon County, Idaho

Faced with the costs of coping with illegal immigrants, one county is looking to the courts for help – by filing a racketeering lawsuit against the businesses that hire these workers.

The legal theory: that a pattern of immigration violations by employers is costing Canyon County millions for law enforcement, education and social services.

“Their presence lowers the labor wage for American citizens and removes employment opportunities,” county Commissioner Robert Vasquez, an ambitious politician who just started a bid for Congress, said of the illegal workers. “Certainly it uses tax dollars to provide them with educational services, medical care, unemployment compensation for those that are injured on the job. They are a drain on the taxpayers of Canyon County, the state of Idaho and the U.S. in general.”

The county’s attempt to recoup its expenses would be filed under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly called the RICO Act, which has been used against targets ranging from organized crime to Internet spammers.

About time the immigration laws will be enforced.

The lawsuit won’t go far though.