Video: Meg Whitman Denies Ever Receiving a No-Match Letter on Her Former Nanny (Updated)
Whitman was presented what appeared to be valid employment papers when she hired the maid, from the employment agency she used. Whitman was the victim of fraud, perpetrated by the maid. The maid also committed a crime in that she used fake documents.
The letter clearly states that taking any punitive action against the employee can be punished by law. It also states that the letter does not indicate the employee is illegal. Put yourself in the husband’s place. You receive a letter from SSA stating the SS# used by a well-liked (and well-paid, btw–she made $23/hr), trusted employee may be false. What do you do? Fire the employee and get hit with a wrongful termination suit? Or ask the employee to fix the problem, assuming that she is legal and just made an error in some paperwork? Seriously, think about this…
So on what grounds are you demanding that Whitman be imprisoned for? Failing to fire the maid when her husband received the letter, that there is no evidence Whitman ever even saw? Failing to assume that since the maid was Hispanic, she was illegal? What? Whitman obeyed the law; when the maid admitted she was illegal, Whitman fired her. Until that point, she was operating under the assumption that, since the maid had presented the proper documentation, she was legal.
Do you have any idea how many illegal aliens there are in California, and how hard it is to identify them, especially given that some municipalities have sanctuary policies that prevent anyone from even asking? So are you saying everyone should profile, and risk being hit with civil rights charges? Possibly preventing legal Hispanics from obtaining work, because people are afraid to hire someone who has what appear to be proper documents but might be illegal? Do you think every household employer should be required to run a background check on all employees because they *might* be illegal? Be realistic here.
Bottom line, if our borders were secure and immigration laws enforced, there would be a lot less of this. And this is nothing but a cheap, poorly-planned, badly executed, political gotcha stunt. Allred has exposed her client to criminal charges and deportation, richly deserved. And Allred is now knowingly harboring an illegal alien.
