LETTERS

Re “ ‘E-Raid’ leaves workers jobless,” June 12

Overhill Farms obeyed the law, avoiding fines and possibly having to close its plant and put 1,000 workers out of work. More than 200 people who are legally entitled to work but were suffering in unemployment now have a job. Lots of upside in following the law, if only The Times would report it.

William McClure

South Pasadena

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Glad the Obama administration takes immigration laws seriously.

Robert Price

Walnut

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Your article on the computer raid of undocumented (illegally documented?) workers at a Vernon plant fell just short of having weepy violin music play while I read it.

As you so astutely noted, none of the fired workers made any attempt to prove that their Social Security information was legitimate.

What about interviewing some of the newly hired workers, the ones with a legal right to work here? I’ll bet they were thrilled to have jobs become available when illegals were justifiably fired.

Andrew Deneau

Anaheim

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Isn’t it about time that people (legal citizens and illegal immigrants alike) take responsibility for their actions?

The workers who had “invalid or fraudulent” Social Security numbers lost their jobs yet don’t want to take responsibility for allegedly working illegally in this country. According to the article, workers “were given 30 days to correct the problem with the IRS ... but none did so.”

This is no different than if a legally (or illegally) employed individual was fired for lying to an employer about education or work experience.

That we, legal citizens of the United States, should give exemptions to these individuals because they have been here for several years or because they now have U.S. citizen children is ludicrous.

Jenene Schafenacker

Rolling Hills Estates