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Employers of illegal workers get six-months in jail

By Terry Kuehn

Real Estate Agent with Family Real Estate Services, Inc.

February 27, 2008 03:22 PM

Hey, here's one for the (American) books:

"Any company that is caught employing illegal workers will face a US $13,615 (AED50,000) fine per worker on the first offence, and a $27,230 fine per worker on the second offence," Al Kaabi said.

"And if the owner of the company is an expatriate, he will be deported and banned from entering the country for life while if the owner is a national, he will be jailed for a minimum of six months."

So it is in Dubai. Maybe the ways of the world are ways that we here need to check into.

Many years ago, I was involved with low income housing issues. While researching, I came across Canadian methodology as it related to low income housing and subsidisation. There in Canada, low income community housing areas were mixed-income neighborhoods whereby for so-and-so many low income individuals there had to be so-and-so many high income individuals within the complex or neighborhood. Well, at that time, the American way was one way and the Canadian way was another. Well, guess whose neighborhoods deteriorated faster?

Answer: it was not the Canadian's.

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Hugh Krone

Weichert Referral Associates - Hamburg, NJ

Realtor, Sussex County NJ

I've felt all along that going after the employers was the way to tackle this problem. Drying up the jobs will go a long way towards forcing people to enter the country legally

Feb 28, 2008 12:56 AM

Mitchell J Hall

Manhattan, NY

Lic Associate RE Broker - Manhattan & Brooklyn

Makes sense. As long as there are jobs available for undocumented workers they will find a way in no matter how big a fence or wall we build. They've become an integral part of the economy.

Interesting about the Canadian methodology for low income housing. Back in the 60' and 70's we built housing projects in inner cities which created ghettos and slums.

In NYC most new luxury developments built since the 80's were given a 421-A tax abatement for 10 - 20 years. The idea behind it was the developer and the residents that purchased would pay very little real estate taxes. The developers in return for the tax abatements are suppose to build some affordable housing 80/20 (80% luxury 20% low income) or build something for the city in return like a park or a new subway station. It has been working. Mixing incomes in the same neighborhood in my opinion is better than building ghettos.

Feb 28, 2008 05:21 AM

Anonymous

Hugh, possibly readers of this post might find a quick reference to equate to in Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." James Clavell's version is the one that I found most enjoyable. Most interesting is where the commanding general is in the process of initial troop formation. Yes, most interesting!

Mitchell, I would say that it should not be the fence or wall that we need to consider having to build. As former military, I will make comment that it is the responsibility of the senior to locate the junior and, therefore, it is the responsibility of the senior, and not the junior, to stand in judgement for actions of subordinates. I believe that where the United States is faltering is in its promiscuous involvement in timely and truly mastered concepts relating to implementation and enforcement of principles and procedures, laws and regulations, if you please.

Thank you both, for your comments.....

Feb 28, 2008 10:05 AM

Employers of illegal workers get six-months in jail

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