Leave the lawyering to the lawyers, part 2
Sexual harrassment is A-OK with Malkin:
Meanwhile, an open-border zealot on the bench in Chicago rules that a carwash can’t ask its own employees their immigration status because it constitutes intimidation…
Hey, guess what the story really is?
But Guzman noted in his protective order that the car wash never required employees to fill out such forms before.
“It is not plausible that this employer, in business since 1989, would now discover for the first time that its employees’ files were deficient in regards to immigration law requirements,” the order states. “Rather, the court finds that the main purpose behind this alleged newfound desire to abide by the law is to effect a not-so-subtle intimidation” of the workers who filed charges and “all the potential class members.”
A common motivation for hiring undocumented workers, Guzman wrote, “is the reality that such workers are unlikely to complain if discriminated against, underpaid, overworked or subjected to abusive work environments because they fear deportation.”
I guess I must have missed the condemnation of the car wash for hiring the illegal immigrants in the first place. Malkin pays lip service to the idea of sanctioning businesses, but apparently their real sin would be treating their employees well.
The funny thing is, Malkin quotes much of the story which at least hints at the truth but trusts her readers not to connect the dots. I’m betting that trust is well-founded.
