:: Making an Oregon county free of 'illegal workers'
Wayne Mayo today asked the commissioners of Columbia County, in northwest Oregon, to declare the county free of "illegal workers." He shared this memo with the Statesman Journal.
I’m asking the Columbia County Board of Commissioners to declare Columbia County a “Illegal Worker Free County”. I’d like you to consider new rules and statutes penalizing contractors and employers who employ illegals and enable this current circumstance.
If they come into the USA with proper paper work from the US Government it means something reasonable:
1. They have no criminal background.
A. They have no drug history.
B. They have no kidnapping history.
C. They have no history of murder.
D. They have no history of sexual child abuse.
E. They have no history of theft or prostitution.
2. They are appraised of our insurance requirements on cars and trucks.
3. They are told that if they are caught doing crime in the USA, they will be deported and will not be allowed back in.
4. They are encouraged to obey our laws and customs while they are our guests.
5. They are positively identified and are authorized by the US Government to be here.
Right now illegal entrants meet none of these requirements. We keep track of child molesters. But we have no idea about the illegal no accounts among us.
Unemployment in Oregon is higher than the national average. Unemployment in Columbia County according to the figures released at the end of June 07 are higher than the state average. Our youth need jobs besides flipping tacos or salting French fries. They need productive constructive opportunity that is being denied them by an influx of illegal workers working perhaps even off the books. This is wrong.
I’m asking the Columbia County Board of Commissioners to declare Columbia County an “Illegal Worker Free County”. I’d like you to consider new rules and statutes penalizing contractors and employers who employ illegals enabling this current circumstance and ignored the I9 requirements.
I would like to see you direct the Sheriff’s department to do Social Security number checks with the special line set up by the SS to see if workers are valid. If one on even a subcontracting crew is found to be without the proper paperwork, the building permit on that house and all the others he may have worked on goes up $15000/house. This money should be dedicated to the Sheriff’s Department for enforcement. Stop work orders can be issued until assurances are made that only legal aliens and American citizens are working on the project.
This can be extended to landlords through Landlord licensing and penalties. Other employer business license’s can be suspended along with punitive charges attached to the redemption of the license.
A phoned in citizens complaint should start the process.
I have no problem with any color or nationality as long as they have the United State’s formal approval to be here.
With so many enemies declaring hatred for the USA from without, it makes no sense to allow them havens within. This is a matter of national security.
