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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 867442" data-attributes="member: 12952">Then this story should make you cry.....................These are NOT “Their Jobs” – These Jobs Belong to Americans and Legal Residents&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Immigration Audits Drive Illegal Workers UndergroundBy MIRIAM JORDANMINNEAPOLIS—In 2009, Alba and Eugenio were making&nbsp; almost twice the federal minimum wage, plus benefits, cleaning a&nbsp; skyscraper for a national janitorial company. With two toddlers, the&nbsp; Mexican couple enjoyed relative prosperity in a tidy one-bedroom duplex&nbsp; in a working-class neighborhood here.Late that year, federal agents audited employee records of ABM&nbsp; Industries Inc., forcing it to shed all the illegal workers on its&nbsp; payrolls in the Twin Cities. Among them was the couple, undocumented&nbsp; immigrants who had worked at ABM for more than a decade.Shortly after, Alba and Eugenio, who declined to have their surname&nbsp; published, landed at a small janitorial concern, scrubbing car&nbsp; dealerships for about half the pay, without benefits. Earlier this year&nbsp; that employer, too, was hit by an immigration audit. In late February,&nbsp; Alba and Eugenio were let go.Today, the couple is struggling to make ends meet, working part-time&nbsp; and often relying on handouts from food banks to feed their family.The journey from prosperity to the economic margins followed by Alba&nbsp; and Eugenio is an increasingly common path for thousands of undocumented workers pushed out of their jobs by the federal government’s audits of U.S. businesses, according to immigration experts, business owners and unions.Now doesn&#039;t that sad tale make you all teary eyed, how can we live in such a mean society, after all these poor people are not criminals just because they entered this country illegally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 867442, member: 12952"] Then this story should make you cry..................... These are NOT “Their Jobs” – These Jobs Belong to Americans and Legal Residents [B]Immigration Audits Drive Illegal Workers Underground By MIRIAM JORDAN MINNEAPOLIS—[/B]In 2009, Alba and Eugenio were making almost twice the federal minimum wage, plus benefits, cleaning a skyscraper for a national janitorial company. With two toddlers, the Mexican couple enjoyed relative prosperity in a tidy one-bedroom duplex in a working-class neighborhood here. Late that year, federal agents audited employee records of ABM Industries Inc., forcing it to shed all the illegal workers on its payrolls in the Twin Cities. Among them was the couple, undocumented immigrants who had worked at ABM for more than a decade. Shortly after, Alba and Eugenio, who declined to have their surname published, landed at a small janitorial concern, scrubbing car dealerships for about half the pay, without benefits. Earlier this year that employer, too, was hit by an immigration audit. In late February, Alba and Eugenio were let go. Today, the couple is struggling to make ends meet, working part-time and often relying on handouts from food banks to feed their family. The journey from prosperity to the economic margins followed by Alba and Eugenio is an increasingly common path for thousands of [B]undocumented workers pushed out of their jobs[/B] by the federal government’s audits of U.S. businesses, according to immigration experts, business owners and unions. Now doesn't that sad tale make you all teary eyed, how can we live in such a mean society, after all these poor people are not criminals just because they entered this country illegally. [/QUOTE]

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