CA AG to go after Employers if they cooperate with the Feds...

[Lewkowski]

Really? And within an employment process that's full of legal loopholes, you'd like to start by criminalizing the workers first?

For committing social security fraud? Yes.

[GGT]

For committing social security fraud? Yes.

Why not prosecute the employers first? They do all the credit checks and security clearances up front. They're the ones that deduct SS taxes and workman's compensation insurance from paychecks. They have the legal teams.

[Lewkowski]

Why not prosecute the employers first? They do all the credit checks and security clearances up front. They're the ones that deduct SS taxes and workman's compensation insurance from paychecks. They have the legal teams.

Employers shouldn't be required to do background checks. While it is often done for professional positions it is an extra cost. A small franchise (say a family owned set of Arby's stores) shouldn't have to do anything beyond the basic SS number and see that it matches. If ID/SS don't match than sure put some onus on the company but 'legal teams' pssh not every job is going to do that kind of screening. What type of jobs do you think illegals are getting?