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And he's in charge of homeland security. Some how I don't feel safe.

OUch! Such hypocrisy. First Romney slams illegal immigrants while they landscape his billion dollar palace...then DHS itself uses them.

Please.

They are fining this guy too? How is he supposed to check, if our useless DHS couldn't even catch them?

I dont know why people always got to be so down on Immigrants.
Sure our ecomony is not doing well and sure we are losing jobs left and right...But people please...you have the nerve to call yourselfs pro life...as far as abortions are concerned...But how do you treat your brethern....our borders need to be fixed...but so do our hearts...These people are here because they are desperate to have a better life for their children...How can you say you are pro life and then be so cold that you would rather kick your brethern while he is down....
i am pro life but i would not cast any stone on those who are pro choice....Because of you and how you treat your brethern...Lets fix our borders and live in harmony w/ those who are already here.

t mason – there are at least 3 "he"s in this article maybe as many as 7.
Which of these would you like to "step down"?

Let's sick Lou Dobbs on them!

Lou Dobbs will have field day with this one!

That's what we get when Big Brother looks the other way (south of the border and across the ponds) to find cheap labor. Bet Reid didn't pay unemployment insurance and a few other "government required" taxes on these illegals. How come two border guards are still in prison for performing their duties to keep out the criminally illegals?
We have hypocrits in office that need serious reprimanding.

Should someone who can be so easily deceived be in charge of Homeland Security?

Let's see, protect the country or have my house cleaned.....decisions, decisions.

Why didnot reid reconize that the people could not speak english. He and everyone else knew that were illegal end of story.

LOL, what idiots.

Mr. Reid should go to jail for this. There is no way Mr. Chertoff would have done business with him if he had known of the situation. I think Mr. Reid betrayed their trust and should be punished accordingly. This from the biggest Democrat around...

One more thought. Why DIDN'T the secret service investigate these people? And just how far is an employer supposed to go in verifying the information he's provided?

Lou Dobbs is going to have a field day with this!

How crazy is this. Nothing suprises me anymore.

Chertoff should step down not because he potentially used illegal labor, he should step down because the process he put in place to verify immigration status has apparently failed.

If Chertoff (the zombie) can't keep the illegals out of his own home, how does he propose to keep them out of our country and protect national security?

HAVEN'T YOU EVER WONDERED HOW MANY ILLEGALS BUSH HAD WORKING ON HIS RANCH.

Both sides of this contraversy seem just a tad out of whack. While it is true that Reid probably didn't do as thorough a check on the legality of some of his workers, it also seems rather fishy that some of those same illegal workers were not caught by the Secret Service checks. Could it be that their "papers" were good enough to fool everyone? And just how convenient is that...?

It just shows you that anyone can be fooled. There is no one person or agency that can conpletely sure that all of the employees working are legitimate.

Chertoff's is just as bad as the rest of them in Wash.

.If Chertoff had any doubts, he could have checked them out himself. My guess is that they were cheaper and Chertoff, like most are greedy and he took the deal before the man could quit showing him counterfeit papers

GM,Ford, Fannie,Freddie,AIG,and all those ather big time big money institutions going down; how many illigals are involved in mismanaging them?

Should have been paying attention, Chertoff.

He can't be arsed to find out who's cleaning his house, yet we trusted him to run DoHS?

Riiiiiiiight....

They're everywhere.

I'm a Democrat, but I am inclined to give Chertoff the benefit of the doubt here. It was sloppy on both his part and Reid's, but I doubt Chertoff knew the people were illegal.

Everybody wants cheap labor so how will we ever fix this problem?

DHS should be more worried about how 10 people got phony doc's who all worked for this guy Reid.
Not to worry Michael, there are lots of good unemployed Americans out there who can clean your house. Look toward the ex CEO's of AIG or soon to be Ex's from the big 3. They would look great in their little maid uniforms.

he needs step down

If he knew they were illegal why would he let them clean the DHS secretary's house knowing he'd likely get caught. Either he's lying or sloppy or he really didn't know. There is a way to verify this.

Furthermore, Chertoff didn't do anything illegal but politically it looks bad?? I don't think it reflects on him one bit. The only reason this guy is facing these steep penalties is politics. We've seen this before- when the government wants to make an example out of someone the facts no longer matter. Fact become subjective like the color of the sky. Prosecutors should be trying to determine the truth not guilt or innocence- that's for juries to decide.

That's the typical ineptitude you would expect from a Bush appointee.

"Nice job, Cherk-off" as Dubya would say....

So what's next? –"It was ascertained that Chertoff ate a head of lettuce planted and harvested by illegal immigrants." "Chertoff was found to have stayed at a hotel chain who hired illegal immigrants as cleaning staff." Who gives a hoot! Practically every American, either directly or indirectly, has used and benefited from the services of illegal immigrants. Like it or not, they are here because we WANT them here for the cheap labor they provide, but we do not want to face our own immorality in paying them so low.

I don't quite get the analogy about the restaurant/meal/table...wouldn;t it be more relevant to say "the meal was served and the tables properly cleaned by documented workers..."?

This just proves the "smoke and mirrors" operational mentality of DHS. DHS and the Secret Service let these people into one of the most important leaders in our governemnt where national security is concerned. they let it happen...no background checks and are now trying to turn it back on the employer. Gross incompetence all along the way. Thank heavens they will all soon be gone!

Chertoff's incompetence goes all the way back to my former employer Arthur Andersen. He prosecuted the Firm ove Enron...put it out of business and 56K people were out of work. Then the Supreme Court reversd the ruling, Andersen shouldn't have been prosecuted, but the people and Andersen are still gone. Enron looks pretty puny compared to what this administration has allowed the banks to do during their tenure.

Another case of those with political power saying do not do as I do, do as I say.

Looks like those services who confirm the SSN's and validates worker eligibility have a little to be desired.

Typical –Bush crony....rather than admit that the screenings may have missed something–ridicule and stain the reputation of the businessman to protect his own organization at the cost of the business owner's own credibility.

Won't we all be glad when the President and nearly every one of his appointees are gone from government?

E-Verify...is this the same programme the Reps have resisted even though it has been proven to be 90% effective? Didn't Bush just pull another fast one yesterday by tweeking a guest worker programe by removing the obligation to hire Americans first) just askin....

You mean a member of the Bush Administration was decieved? Incredible! Cannot believe it! This is an outrage...or it is it KARMA? hmmm...

Wow, these Washington Elites sure do hate to be caught, huh?

So the leader of homeland security had illegal aliens cleaning his home.

One of these illegals could have been a spy or a hitman (woman)

The incompetence of the Bush Administration is just astounding.

This is why immigration reform is going to be so hard.
It sounds as if this guy did what he could to ensure the help was legal, yet he is on the hook. Doesn't seem right.

Both innocent until proven guilty?

A company should not be able to deceive – if Homeland Security was any good, this would have been caught in the beginning.

Kick Chertoff out. He and his cronies are in there for a paycheck only.

So lets get this straight, our Homeland Security Czar was fooled by a maid? Thats scary...

He makes me feel so safe and fuzzy.

If we really want to stop illegal immigration in order to make legal immigration better we need to throw employers in jail as well as fine them. Of course the corrupt Neo-cons and bleeding heart Dems don't want to do either.

Wow, there's got to be a lot of dust and spiderwebs in the cave that Michael "The Crypt Keeper" Chertoff calls home. Creepy.

Wow. If they can't detect illegal workers, what does that say for the performance and accuracy of the Homeland Security Team that Chertoff runs? Betha bottom dollar, they have let terrorist into this country on a large scale! And they know it.

Oh give me a break... An appointee of Bush lies as soon as he starts talking. That is the rule from the White House.

So, Mr. Chertoff, you are discovering what the rest of us already knew...it is not so easy to discern which of those persons providing domestic servies for US citizens are themselves US citizens.

Hope you learned your leason.