text: i work along side illegal latinos should i turn them in?   sure - go for it.  if nothing gets done call you local paper or news station you can remain anonymous. something will happen and under the whistleblower laws you are protected.   in general, to prove a violation of a whistleblower law, the employee must show that 1) her or she engaged in statutorily-protected conduct; 2) the employer took adverse action against him or her; and (3) there was a causal connection between the protected activity and the adverse action.  now under federal law, specifically the sarbanes-oxley act, any person who "interferes with" the employment or livelihood of an employee for providing any truthful information to legal authorities relating to the commission or possible commission of any federal offense, can be imprisoned for up to 10 years, and pay a fine up to $250,000.