Are the penalties for companies hiring illegal aliens adequate?

We don't yet know what the sentence will be in this case. They may be FACING 215 years, but they copped a plea. From the article, "Sentencing has been scheduled for September 21 by Judge David O. Carter of the US District Court of Central District of California in Los Angeles."

Generally speaking, there are little to no repercussions to employers who hire illegal aliens. This is a major part of the problem. If there were stiffer penalties, then employers might reconsider and stop the motive for illegals to come here.

An employer can only do so much when the illegal alien shows up w/ a SS# and claims their an American citizen...or a make-shift green card for that matter.

How about we enforce our laws on the books and when we capture them, DEPORT them. Then we can stop playing the blame game about who's at fault b/c when our law enforcement agencies would rather let the violation slide than to get tied up in a civil rights law suit, I think we know what the problem is.

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They did much more then "hire illegal immigrants" according to the article:

1. Inducing aliens to reside in the United States;

2. Knowingly employing illegal aliens;

3. Knowingly harboring illegal aliens; and

4. Counseling persons to engage in marriage fraud.

There was also failing to withhold taxes from the employee paychecks which is also a primary reason employers hire these people-to save on payroll taxes they themselves may have to contribute.

I think this is an exceptional case and most employers face a "slap on the wrist" for hiring the new politically correct term "undocumented workers."

I read this earlier, I was going to ask the same thing, good question. They should receive these sentences but some lenient judge will not give them the full sentence, unfortunately they will make some plea deal and won't serve what is appropriate for their crimes. Anyone who hires illegals should receive sentences like this.

More stories like this need posted in the media so employers know exactly what may happen when they choose to break the law and hire these people!

The penalties are adequate, however, those penalties need to be enforced and those doing the enforcing need to adhere to a strict code of conduct when doing their job. If those in charge of enforcing the existing laws cannot perform up to high standards that are set then they need to be replaced in favor of people that will perform this job accordingly.

i think the penalties should be stiffer for anyone found to knowingly employ illegal immigrants ... with that being said employers should also have better access to programs that will allow them to verify the identity of those they hire.. with the proliferation of fake id's and ss #'s it is difficult to verify ... they should receive some assistance from DHS.

all four of those charges are in our laws against illegals. they encouraged them to come here and look what happened. i don't feel their home country should have anything to say about this. they should just go to prison for the 215 years. good riddance of them. it angers me when people think they can go to another country and do what they want. they think they are above the law.

No - if they are made examples of there would be less hiring of illegals.

this is good news. we just need to see more of this happening.