Until you put those that hire these illegals in a financial bind by fining them 100,000 buck per illegal they employ, this will continue. You would NOT have that problem after 3 of 4 fines!
Foreigners running businesses here who are using slave labor should lose their US citizenships, visas, and get sent home. Or if flat out illegal then be deported obviously.
Fines don't really bother the Chinese. It is considered part of doing business. They pay the fines and continue to operate or they simply pull up stakes and start again somewhere else. They are very adept at relocation and often have huge financial backing.
I really don't know if the authorities fully understand the scope of these Chinese operations. They are a global problem and operate all over the world - all while leaving a trail of human suffering in their wake.
It is a good idea and it would have a huge impact on regular business owners - a major deterrence. I have suggested that in addition to huge fines that these owners should also lose tax exemptions for a number of years per illegal they employ. With mom and pop Chinese owners it would be a deterrence. However, there are also Chinese owned businesses that are operated through layered networks of Chinese fat cats who often employ trafficked individuals.
These networks operate by a different play book. Probably just such an operation like was mentioned in the OP. It is not unusual they have a legit business buried under layers of shell companies. The legit business operates as a front for other illegal activity. The same holds true with housing for their slave labor. Under pressure, they simply disappear and restart operations somewhere else. They are not worried about abandoning businesses or property. The money maker is not the business, but it is the other illegal activities they are engaged in that are where the real cash cow is.
Through corruption they also often have allies higher up the food chain that protect them. That is why even after citizens try to bring attention to suspicious activity they continue to operate. They have spent decades quietly imbedding themselves within our government institutions including law enforcement. Look at what happened in NY - a Chinese born US citizen acting on behalf of the CCP for huge payoffs. How many others are out there that have not been discovered? Corruption always follows where these transnational criminal networks operate. I am glad that the Trump Administration is taking action finally against some of these operations. But nothing will change if they don't nail the real culprits behind these networks. It will just be a game of whack-a-mole.
Until you put those that hire these illegals in a financial bind by fining them 100,000 buck per illegal they employ, this will continue. You would NOT have that problem after 3 of 4 fines!
Foreigners running businesses here who are using slave labor should lose their US citizenships, visas, and get sent home. Or if flat out illegal then be deported obviously.
Put those people in the slammer first and then fine them. After that, deport them.
Fines don't really bother the Chinese. It is considered part of doing business. They pay the fines and continue to operate or they simply pull up stakes and start again somewhere else. They are very adept at relocation and often have huge financial backing.
I really don't know if the authorities fully understand the scope of these Chinese operations. They are a global problem and operate all over the world - all while leaving a trail of human suffering in their wake.
You stick them with a hundred grand for every illegal and they will take notice!
It is a good idea and it would have a huge impact on regular business owners - a major deterrence. I have suggested that in addition to huge fines that these owners should also lose tax exemptions for a number of years per illegal they employ. With mom and pop Chinese owners it would be a deterrence. However, there are also Chinese owned businesses that are operated through layered networks of Chinese fat cats who often employ trafficked individuals.
These networks operate by a different play book. Probably just such an operation like was mentioned in the OP. It is not unusual they have a legit business buried under layers of shell companies. The legit business operates as a front for other illegal activity. The same holds true with housing for their slave labor. Under pressure, they simply disappear and restart operations somewhere else. They are not worried about abandoning businesses or property. The money maker is not the business, but it is the other illegal activities they are engaged in that are where the real cash cow is.
Through corruption they also often have allies higher up the food chain that protect them. That is why even after citizens try to bring attention to suspicious activity they continue to operate. They have spent decades quietly imbedding themselves within our government institutions including law enforcement. Look at what happened in NY - a Chinese born US citizen acting on behalf of the CCP for huge payoffs. How many others are out there that have not been discovered? Corruption always follows where these transnational criminal networks operate. I am glad that the Trump Administration is taking action finally against some of these operations. But nothing will change if they don't nail the real culprits behind these networks. It will just be a game of whack-a-mole.