Los Angeles City-mandated illegal alien day laborer centers?

There's a proposed L.A. City ordinance that would require big box home improvement stores to have an attached center for day laborers. As previously discussed, the great majority of those workers are illegal aliens.

There's a bit of an update in "Making a place for workers", but it doesn't have much more beyond "...and our day laborer sites won't encourage illegal immigration" and Home Depot, Antonio Villaraigosa, Fernando Guerra, and Microsoft.

Read the last two links, and let me know if you think there's something a bit... questionable going on.

The current article includes this more-honest-than-I'd-expect admission:

"It's an incredible issue for urban California," said Fernando Guerra, a lobbyist for Home Depot and professor who heads Loyola Marymount University's Center for the Study of Los Angeles.

Guerra, who said he was speaking for himself and not Home Depot...

And, this:

Home Depot officials said they have yet to review the recently proposed city ordinance.

"Day laborers are not a Home Depot issue alone," said Kathryn Gallagher, a spokeswoman for Home Depot. "It's a community issue. It needs to be a community effort. We are happy to sit down at the table and be part of the solution."

Los_Angeles · Wed, 09/14/2005 - 06:07 · Importance: 1