Immigrants Sue Employer for Back Wages

“Illegal immigrants who worked long shifts scrubbing theme restaurants for an indicted janitorial firm have signed their names to a lawsuit seeking unpaid wages. ‘Someone who worked 80 hours a week should get paid fairly for those hours, no matter their immigration status,’ said lawyer Nadia Hewka of Community Legal Services.”

Sure, they should get paid what is legally theirs (no punitive damages, just unpaid back-pay). They should then be arrested, charged with being in the country illegally, and deported. Since coming into the country illegally is a Federal crime that automatically makes it a felony. The laywer should then be charges with aiding and abetting a felon, and their bar status suspended pending the outcome of the trial.

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Woman on an Oxygen Machine Dies After Power Company Cuts off Electricity

“Folole Muliaga, a 44-year-old mother of four, died within two hours after the electricity was switched off in her home due to unpaid bills. Family members of Mrs. Muliaga, a schoolteacher, have said that she had been off work since February with a heart and lung condition.”

Since the power company’s action resulted in her death, can the power company be sued for “wrongful death” or be charged with “involuntary manslaughter”?

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Senators who OK'd war didn't read key report

“WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new biography of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she and most other senators did not read a key intelligence report before the 2002 vote to authorize war in Iraq.”

So Hillary is saying that all these senators and representatives that are calling for Mr. Bush to be impeached didn’t read one of the reports they should have prior to their vote?

Wow… that sounds like incompetence to me! I’m calling for all who voted to go to war that didn’t read the report to be impeached. Who’s with me?

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