Speaker Benigno R. Fitial has fired off a letter to federal Inspector General Earl Devaney asking whether it is legal for the U.S. government to employ permanent resident aliens convicted of several felonies.<\/p>\n
Mr. Fitial alluded to the recent hiring by the Department the Interior’s Ombudsman Office of a U.S. resident alien convicted of violating NMI labor laws on the hiring of illegal aliens.<\/p>\n
The Speaker said such hiring “casts a large shadow” over the role of the Ombudsman Office when the NMI, since three years ago, has diligently tried and sentenced employers who willfully employ illegal aliens.<\/p>\n
He said the Labor Ombudsman office was established to be a clearinghouse for persons involved in the labor and immigration system in the NMI.<\/p>\n
“It was intended to be a non-partisan agency that provided guidance and information for both employers and employees. Its goal is to promote and improve compliance of both federal and local labor laws. Having a convicted abuser of these laws creates a real perception problem for this agency,” he said.<\/p>\n
Interior’s Ombudsman Office here recently hired Ming Kirk, a U.S. resident alien who was convicted of various counts of hiring illegal aliens to work for a company she was attached to before her conviction.<\/p>\n
Such a decision raises eyebrows given the constant browbeating from the federal government that the NMI employs strict adherence to the enforcement of both local and federal labor laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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