Oh this is too rich. Rabid, anti-immigrant ex-CNN commentator Lou Dobb's, who frequently went vitriolic on the issue of illegal immigrants, seems to be another conservative hypocrite who took found it convenient to save gobs of money by hiring undocumented workers to work on his various estates and horse farms than to use those of us who are here legally. I mean, it's not like this guy was hurting for money. At his peak he made over $6M a year.
I hope he gets nailed for this and kudos to The Nation for their investigative reporting. More below the jump.
According to The Nation:
Based on a yearlong investigation, including interviews with five immigrants who worked without papers on his properties, The Nation and the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute have found that Dobbs has relied for years on undocumented labor for the upkeep of his multimillion-dollar estates and the horses he keeps for his 22-year-old daughter, Hillary, a champion show jumper.
There are lots of juicy morsels in the article including this one:
In his work as a groom for Dobbs's horses, Salinas said he regularly started at 5 am and did not get off until after 6 in the evening. According to Pedro Gomez, another undocumented worker, who cared for Dobbs Group horses in Vermont and Florida, the workday during horse shows like the three-month-long Wellington Winter Equestrian Festival was typically twelve hours or longer.
Bring out the popcorn. This is going to be fun.