After Tuesday's governor debate between Republican candidate Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown, a new source of news came out about Meg Whitman's hiring and firing of an illegal immigrant from her household as a maid.
The illegal woman, Nicky Diaz Santillan, has now hired Democratic supporter and attorney, Gloria Allred, in an attempt to file a lawsuit against Whitman. According to the statement given by the attorney, the woman felt she was "exploited, disrespected, humiliated and emotionally and financially abused." (Source: Whitman: "We Did Everything That We Could" | NBC San Diego )
In response to this, Whitman said, "We were stunned when Nicky told us she was illegal....My husband and I did everything we could to hire someone who was documented to work here. When I found out this woman was not here legally, we let her go. It's a tough thing to do when you hve a personal relationship, but it's the right thing to do...." (Source: Whitman: "We Did Everything That We Could" | NBC San Diego )
Okay, now that I'm done with this brief summation of what's going on with Meg Whitman and this sudden smere on her name and campaign, there's something I'd like to point out to everyone reading this: We have all been guilty of hiring an illegal immigrant at some point or another to do a work around the house or somewhere else for us, whether it be someone we pick up from the Home Depot parking lot, or we know someone who has done it. Granted, we're not supposed to, but we've all done it, even the officers who come by and check a person's legal status is guilty of doing it (that's right, I called THEM out). Members of the Homeland Security and the organization that checks for people's legal status in this nation (I forgot the name of it, something like IRN) are guilty of doing it.
So why is this such a huge surprise? Granted, Meg Whitman actually hired an illegal woman to work in her house for the years from 2000 to 2009, (which is different from hiring a person for a day to come do the job), and that she's a public figure, a running-candidate for the position of governor for California, but the fact that she's done this shouldn't be created as such a huge surprise. What should be a huge surprise is the fact that she's lying about it, either that, or she's plainly stupid about this, (which isn't possible, considering she was the CEO of E-Bay for such a long time).
One thing that stands out, however, is that the attorney for the woman that Meg Whitman had fired is a Democratic supporter. Quite frankly, that raises some red flags, as it says to me this attorney has an ulterior motive, being a Democratic supporter, and quite possibly trying to support the Democratic governor candidate. Gloria Allred is also well-known for taking on public cases and turning them into celebrity scandals and drawing in so much attention from both the public and the media. And with her taking on a case against Meg Whitman, it says a lot that, (well, as attorney period), she's looking for a case that will not only take on attention, but rake in money for her.
Gloria Allred, personally, is just an attorney taking on a case she feels she can win, (and she might). What doesn't make sense to me is that Meg Whitman is spinning this situation, claiming that she had fired this woman after finding out about her legal status in the country, even though this woman had worked for her for nine years. Another concern for me is that she is referring to having a personal, close relationship with this woman, and she still didn't know about it. It does not make sense, and this is blatant evidence that she is lying.
Meg Whitman, who is in the running for governor, should not be throwing her credibility under the bus because of what she calls a "smere campaign" against her. She should come right out and say "yes, we hired her, we thought she did a great job despite being an illegal immigrant, and we grew close, though we had to let her go for the sake of the campaign." Might sound heartless, but at least she's coming out and telling the truth.
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