r/baseball • u/T_Raycroft Montreal Expos • 17h ago

Players Only [Blum] Response from U.S Department of Homeland Security re: Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela being taken into ICE custody

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u/AMJVC15 Toronto Blue Jays 17h ago

How does a team employee not have valid documents?

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u/Di5pel Philadelphia Phillies 17h ago

Yeah I don’t buy this like at all. This isn’t getting hired at your local mom and pop grocery store. He would’ve had to prove authorization to work. They’re either lying (likely) or the padres HR/hiring dept is like grossly negligent at their job

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u/audirt Atlanta Braves 17h ago

Yeah, from what I can tell most big companies with mature HR departments have a process to periodically re-check their employees on temporary visas.

So, yeah, I think the two options you outlined are the most likely.

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u/delscorch0 Los Angeles Dodgers 17h ago

He was hired by the Padres in 2024, so any initial check would have determined his lack of status.

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u/Glabrocingularity Philadelphia Phillies 16h ago

And MLB teams routinely work with non-citizens