An Open Notice to Village, Town and County Officials

Hiring sites for illegal aliens are illegal.

 
Will you uphold or break United States immigration laws?

 
Title 8, U.S.C. § 1324(a), Subsection 1324(a)(1)(i)-(v) prohibits harboring unauthorized aliens,engaging in a conspiracy or aiding and abetting any of the preceding acts. encouraging or inducing unauthorized aliens to enter the United States, and

 With regard to violations of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(ii)-(iv) and (v)(ii), domestic transportation, harboring, encouraging/inducing, or aiding/abetting, the basic statutory maximum term of imprisonment is 5 years, unless the offense was committed for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in which case the maximum term of imprisonment is 10 years.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm01907.htm

 Title 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(a)(1)(A) makes it unlawful for any person or other entity to hire, recruit, or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an alien knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien, as defined in subsection 1324a(h)(3).
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm01908.htm#1908

Beyond the letter of the law, facilitating the continued presence of large numbers of illegal aliens endangers our communities. 

·      Illegal aliens are obviously unchecked for criminal records or for their health status.  The defendants in two brutal rape-murders committed last spring in Rockland and Westchester counties are Guatemalan illegal aliens. Their trials are scheduled to begin soon.  Hopefully, their immigration status will not be ignored by the media.

·          There have been outbreaks of multiple-resistant strains of tuberculosis and rubella among illegal aliens in Westchester County.

·           Illegal aliens who often carry no medical insurance are bankrupting our hospitals.

·      The children of illegal aliens are placing an increasing burden on our school systems many of which have instituted costly multilingual programs.

·               Tolerating the illegal employment of illegal aliens by businesses which evade taxes and pay lower wages unfairly penalizes law-abiding businesses who must compete with the lawbreakers.

Instead of considering illegal hiring sites, it would be more beneficial to our communities to consider taking advantage of a provision of the 1996 Immigration Act that authorizes local counties, towns and municipalities to enforce immigration laws. 

We hope you take the above matters into consideration in your deliberations.

Westchester-Rockland Citizens for Immigration Control

info@west-rock.org

Jim Russell, Chairman

Upcoming Hiring Site Meetings

County Legislator Bernice Spreckman's Meeting with Mayors & Town Officials: Tuesday, February 7 at 4:00 PM at the County Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, White Plains; the public may attend but it has not yet been determined whether we may speak.

The Village of Mamaroneck will conduct its next meeting at the Emelin Theatre at 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck on Monday, February 13 at 7:00 PM.