Lying To Make Friends

American Apparel is being pressured by an ongoing federal investigation of its workers to fire about 1,800 employees in the next few days based on irregularities in the employees’ identity documents, according to a story in the NY Times. (I would cite to the LA Times, but they seem to have been scooped. Surprise.)

This is a stunningly misguided move on the part of the Obama Administration. At a time when immigrants’ rights groups have documented the terrible abuses immigrant workers face in the hands of unscrupulous employers, the feds choose to investigate a garment employer that pays above industry standard and provides its employees with health benefits and stock options. Makes you wonder why American Apparel caught their wandering eye. Methinks either Napolitano & Co. are no fan of shiny hot pants, or they weren’t thrilled by the whole Legalize L.A. thing.

-AS