By some estimates, there are as many as 12 million illegal immigrants
in the United States, toiling in farm fields, restaurant kitchens and
construction sites. They’re in the country illegally, but the employers
who hire them are also breaking the law. But the presence of illegal
workers on a home renovation crew, and the contractor’s insistence on
payment in cash don’t dissuade (1) _____clients. (1) _____.
Plenty of employers even pay taxes and (2) ____ on illegal workers. (2) _____.
Many workers carry fake Social Security and green cards, and when
they’re hired,employers (3) _____ those fake numbers with the federal
government. (3) _____.
There is a way the employer can tell if those numbers are fake. As Chris
Bentley of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services explains, all
it takes is a toll free phone call, which "allows them to, in a matter
of seconds, take the information and (4) _____ it against 450 million
social security administration files, (4) _____.
and an additional 65 million Department of Homeland Security files."
But few employers make the call.
The program is (5) _____ (5) _____.
Companies can’t be held responsible for failing to spot (6) _____
documents. (6) _____.
And although federal law (7) _____ employing illegal workers, (7) _____.
it is rarely enforced. Some agents oversee a huge district that includes
most of Southern California and parts of Nevada.
They deal with port security, airport security, money laundering,
narcotics, financial fraud, and organized crime, as well as trade in
counterfeit goods, state secrets, and human beings. (8) _____ out illegal
workers is just not a major concern, (8) _____.
unless you’re talking about a work site with national security implications,
like Los Angeles International Airport or a nuclear plant.That
situation (9) _____ those (9) _____.
who feel that American citizens are losing out to a black market system
that lowers wages and cuts into the (10) _____ base. (10) _____.