There have been a number of cases filed over the years alleging that employers who knowingly employ illegal immigrants commit RICO violations and depress the wages of legal workers. The validity of this legal theory is still a bit up in the air.
However, in a most recent case testing this theory, Hager v. ABX Air, a district court in Ohio held that, while a corporation could not be held liable as an illegal "enterprise" under RICO, individual executives could be held liable for conducting the affairs of an enterprise (i.e., the corporation) through a pattern of racketeering activity: The racketeering in this case being the knowing employment of 10 or more illegal immigrants.
Obvious note to executives: Do not knowingly employ illegal immigrants - especially on a wide scale.
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