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Beauregard

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18. I don't understand why companies in the UK hire illegal immigrants.

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 09:04 AM

May 2015

The Schengen Treaty gives them plenty of access to cheap eastern European labor. I'm sure plenty of these workers are willing to work off the books.

The Schengen area and cooperation are founded on the Schengen Agreement of 1985. The Schengen area represents a territory where the free movement of persons is guaranteed. The signatory states to the agreement have abolished all internal borders in lieu of a single external border.

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Wages paid to illegal immigrants will be confiscated by the police, says David Cameron [View all] Newsjock May 2015 OP

How about take the company's profits they made off of illegal workers instead of a bloomington-lib May 2015 #1

exactly! n/t wildbilln864 May 2015 #5

WhatdafucksamatterU? Those companies is what made the U.K., Hoppy May 2015 #7

Because the objective is to make the poor & desperate Jackpine Radical May 2015 #9

Wage theft is better for Crony Capitalist! imthevicar May 2015 #13

Exactly! LeftishBrit May 2015 #15

Hmm. davidthegnome May 2015 #2

Notice that only the poor saps will feel the brunt of this policy. Businesses get off scot free. PSPS May 2015 #3

Next up: Expedited death penalty for children of illegal immigrants. DRoseDARs May 2015 #4

Reverse Robinhood - How Nice Of You Cameron DallasNE May 2015 #6

Absolutely appalling. Outright theft of wages. closeupready May 2015 #8

Does he plan to yank the gold from their teeth too? Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #10

Thatcher wanna be olddots May 2015 #11

Nigel Farage will be soooo pleased! mackerel May 2015 #12

You know the usual suspects DonCoquixote May 2015 #14

Good idea, punish the worker by taking away miniscule wages that were earned through honest labor. Nitram May 2015 #16

Here's an idea: fine the employer the difference between the CEO's pay and the employee's muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #17

I don't understand why companies in the UK hire illegal immigrants. Beauregard May 2015 #18

Uh, right... freebrew May 2015 #19