Tuesday night’s episode of Fox’s The Cleaning Lady, a drama about illegal aliens living in the U.S., made light of criminal aliens stealing American citizens’ identities.
In the episode “Mercy,” illegal immigrant Fiona (Martha Millan) struggles to make ends meet with her under-the-table cleaning business. Her employee Krista (Diana Gaitirira), who is also in the U.S. illegally, mentions a new scheme to make money.
Fiona: Krista! Are you feeling better? For a moment there, I thought you weren’t coming back.
Krista: I’m not.
Fiona: What? No, no, no, no. Not you, too. I’ll get us out of this, okay? As soon as the economy picks up and — and, please, just don’t give up.
Krista: I’m sorry, boss. The kids need new clothes, school supplies. The money here is not enough.
Fiona: Yeah, I know, I know. Well, what are you gonna do?
Krista: I’ll be fine. I’m…
