How about actually protecting local labor by passing labor laws that impose stiff penalties for anyone who employs illegals and then actually enforcing them regardless of who the violators are? Are you out there, Mr. Puig?

And what's wrong with employing undocumented workers? If they want to work so what? Give them a chance.

Edward... at the expense of poor citizens who need work ? ?

"And what's wrong with employing undocumented workers? If they want to work so what? Give them a chance."

It takes opportunity away from those that reside their legally as well as driving down there wages. Case in point: the neighborhood I grew up in, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, had plenty of decent manufacturing jobs in the late 80s..when illegals from mexico started pouring in you couldn't find anyone in those factories willing to pay the MINIMUM wage becuase the illegals would do the labor for cheaper...the situation drove out alot of the older, unskilled residents who lived on the jobs the factories provided who were mostly of Puerto Rican origin and refused to work for less than what they were entitled to..all this was happening while the city looked the other way.

It's nice to passed the problems to those who are illigals but thats not where the problems reside. It resides at the hands of the owners and executives who paid themselves more than well and paid their workers the left over. If emplyers were honest and just they will train and keep legal employee while paying them more than what the minimum ditates and in such a case those who are illigal will seek to legalize their status in order to go after those well paying jobs. Since the government and business owners are not honest and just the illigal problem will continued with different faces.

"It resides at the hands of the owners and executives who paid themselves more than well and paid their workers the left over."

Exactly!That's why I'm calling for legislation for said parties to be punished. I never blame illegals for anything in my post.

The Dominican Republic has one of the best labor laws in all of Latin America, which means that adding new legislation to our books does not solve the issue. So the problem has less to do with devising more laws, but more to do with enforcement then anything else. To make matters worse, we continue to deal with rampant corruption, absence of authority, impunity and a weak judicial system. We also have from the very lowest to highest level public officials, who suffer from an entitlement mentality, who falsely think that their position gives them special priviliges and makes them above the law. It is impossible to achieve development, if we continue to permit third world mentality in Dominican society. We must have clear, concise, well established rules that must be followed and respected by every citizen regardless and penalize those who don't. It is of upmost importance that controls are established, such that a just and fair society is created to benefit all Dominicans equally.