Fiorina Called For Imprisoning ‘Employers Who Knowingly Hired Illegal Imigrants-

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Fiorina Called For Imprisoning ‘Employers Who Knowingly Hired Illegal Immigrants’ — Including Meg Whitman?

This week, California Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman had a “gran problema” arise from her past when her former housekeeper revealed that Whitman had employed her for several years, despite knowing she was undocumented. Whitman flatly denied the charge, saying she stopped employing Nicky Diaz Santillan as soon as she learned of her immigration status. But, Santillan’s lawyer produced a letter from the Social Security Administration stating Santillan’s name didn’t match her Social Security number, which included a handwritten note from Whitman’s husband, suggesting the family knew of Santillan’s status.

As ThinkProress has noted, Whitman has taken a harsh stance on immigration. So has her fellow ex-CEO and GOP nominee Carly Fiorina, who is running for Senate in California. In a local TV interview earlier this year, Fiorina said she “absolutely” supports sending people to prison for knowingly employ undocumented immigrants:

ANCHOR: There was one viewer who asked the question, ‘Would you imprison employers who knowingly hired illegal immigrants?’

FIORINA: Well, sure. If an employer is knowingly breaking the law, of course, they need to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Absolutely.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/01/fiorina-whitman-jail/

Would Fiorina be willing to apply her standard to Whitman, or at least her husband?

Hardcore anti-immigrant group Americans for Legal Immigration is demanding Whitman’s arrest. The group’s president William Gheen said Whitman should stand trial, saying, “To accept her mere claim of innocence without a trial would be similar to advocating that OJ Simpson not be charged with murder because he came out and told the press he did not do it after evidence suggested he did.”

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1. Ah, the devil is in the adverbs

"Knowingly." Call it your Get Out Of Jail Free word. Meanwhile, them illegals can just get deported.

[blondeatlast]

2. Indeed. The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" RWingwers adore. nt

[chelsea0011]

3. Oh, this going to be fun.

[rocktivity]

4. Make the punishment fit the crime--fine them out of business.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[yurbud]

5. Thom Hartmann has said this many times and I agree: if you go after employers a couple of times...

the demand for illegal workers will significantly dry up and we won't need a fence.

The regular Republican idea is the opposite: depress wages and living conditions here so far that the difference between working here and in Mexico is to small to make it worth sneaking in.

[yurbud]

6. wouldn't it be great if this turned into a twofer? Knock out both Whitman AND Fiorina by making both

strangle on their own hypocritical rhetoric about Meg's behavior.

[blondeatlast]

7. The TV ad just about writes itself. nt

[K8-EEE]

8. But there's no such thing as a "knowing" employer of illegals

NONE of them know....none of them saw the letter. None of them ever had any suspicions at all cuz them damn illegals are just soooo tricky doncha know.

[yurbud]

9. just like working class folks tricked Ivy league MBA's into giving them mortgages...

a peasant farmer from some village in Mexico can outsmart a billionaire CEO.

If that were really so, why would we pay them millions and billions to run corporations, banks, and hedge funds?

[ismnotwasm]

10. And how is the 'ol prison system in Florida?

Lots of room I hope.

[damntexdem]

11. Here' the music I want to hear:

Fiorina singing "Folsom Prison Blues."

;-)