If you knew the INS was coming to raid your workplace, or a business close by...?

Question

...would you alert the illegal immigrant workers that the INS was coming?

Yes, I've seen this happen with my own two eyes. I was visiting a large business complex to purchase wholesale glass, and suddenly it looked like all of these workers dropped what they were doing and RAN. A minute later, an INS van pulled up and they nabbed just a handful of illegal workers. Someone had tipped them off, I guess?

Please, serious responses only!

Answer 1

That's a large part of what is wrong in America today. Too many people interested in themselves; today and only what they can see that might benefit them rather than doing the right thing.

Employers should be required to provide a list of names and personnel files of all employees not on the job when the INS visits. Might sound a bit over the top but I am tired of seeing so many people doing the wink and a nod or the blind eye tricks.

Our civil servants need the help of honest citizens before they can effectively do their jobs. Not more obstructionism.

Answer 2

Since I have compassion for the less fortunate, I would out of compassion and as another answerer said do what's right, what if you had a cleaning person & she had another job, which it is the case many times and she was taken, it takes a long time to trust someone all over again, and this person is like part of my home/life.

Answer 3

No, I wouldn't. If I knew for sure they were illegal, I'd call INS myself! They knew the consequence of working here illegally, and they chose to make that decision. That is their responsibility.

Answer 4

We don't have any illegal workers here. But we do, on occasion, have a group of INS officers who are in training stay with us. (I work in a hotel)

Answer 5

Your question said "your workplace" probably meaning ",My workplace" as in I am the boss. I wouldn't hire illegals anyway. Not that I don't want immigrants in America, but I would rather keep my business going within the law, and give what ever US citizen who wants a job, a job. No moral dilemmas here...

Answer 6

No, I would not alert them. They came to my company and got 68 of them. Now the jobs are filled with legal citizens.

Answer 7

No I would not.

I would not have been the one who called it in, but I think we need to enforce our laws, whatever we ultimately end up deciding to do with those here. I think the idea that it is not fair to enforce laws that we need to protect our schools for our own children is an idea in desparate need of changing.

Answer 8

no i would not tip these people off matter of fact i would try to catch some of them to help ins

why?

I dont believe its right they are breaking the law

Answer 9

why not , as u said all they were doing was trying to work . so i see not problem with alerting them . if u don't agree i think u should think in all they do in America .

there is also a video in the link where u can see the consecuencies of not having someone to do the jobs they do :

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AprFBZmG6EtIDTpMpPGVeOrsy6IX?qid=20061006185843AAJSwV0

here an answer by kim v with more facts :

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnKL7i2fEiO8WJqoOECSAnrsy6IX?qid=20061010225949AA2TQvN

another great answer by andi :

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap5PrNnlxFJeIxj2XwY2Y9nsy6IX?qid=20061002230900AASYaZr


i also want u to think in the many who do not work and are just sucking up the system , now please tell me who is helping america and who is not , is it the immgrants who want to work ? or those who do not? .

Answer 10

No, if they want to live here, they should do the things necessary to live here legally. They are a drain on the economy!!!