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| Painters Busted for Using Illegals |
| 2008-07-01 |
| Federal officials arrested 45 employees on illegal immigration charges Monday at a well-known local painting company that has touted its work on prominent buildings such as the Maryland State House and facilities at the U.S. Naval Academy. All 45 people were arrested because of administrative immigration violations, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said. All of them will be placed in removal proceedings, the agency said. The business, Annapolis Painting Services, did not immediately return calls or e-mails seeking comment. The company describes itself on its Web site as "one of the largest painting contractors in the region." The Web site includes photographs of employees working at the state capitol building and includes mention of work at the Naval Academy. The search warrants were served at the business and 15 residences believed to be owned by it at about 6 a.m., said Anne Arundel County Police Chief James Teare. ICE, which described the arrests as part of ongoing investigations into workplaces that hire illegal immigrants, has been working on the case for 18 months, according to a statement released by the agency. Scot R. Rittenberg, assistant special agent in charge for ICE in Baltimore, said the arrests involved 11 search warrants, five seizure warrants for bank accounts, 11 seizure warrants for vehicles and 15 forfeitable properties. The arrested workers included foreign nationals from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nigeria and Panama, ICE said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #13 It's having skilled, reliable people who give a damn and expect to work for their pay. You'd be surprised what'll happen once employers who have to pay soc. sec, pensiion fund, etc... don't have to compete with employers who don't. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-07-01 19:11 |
| #12 You're just in the wrong market. There's plenty of folks like that near me. And they're not all Amish. Many are rednecks. Not living in a major metropolitan area is great. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-07-01 17:32 |
| #11 And no, there doesn't seem to be a queue of American workers ready to bid on the job for the next few months. Money's not the sticking point. It's having skilled, reliable people who give a damn and expect to work for their pay. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-07-01 17:08 |
| #10 Ok, so last Fall we hired a local painter, small operation, owner American born/bred & a helper or two. A very large sum of money and many months later we finally fired them. It got to the point where we never knew who would show up or when. Or what the guy's emotional state would be and/or if he was on meds that day. Parts of our house are still not put back together again, as we try to find a time to go through the whole messy bit of screening another company and finding time to supervise them. Give me some industrious workers who show up on time and do a quality job, cleaning up after themselves. At this point I don't care if they're green 3-sexed aliens from Mars. I just want the damned job finished reliably. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-07-01 17:04 |
| #9 Proc, you're right there for sure. Dan, it is right to clamp down on them, agreed. It's just too bad that the ones that are the least offensive are targeted first. Kinda like cleaning up. You've got to get all the dirt, but, I'd rather concentrate on the real slime first. The employers should really get hit ala AU. Oh yeah, anyone who proclaims their city a sanctuary should be deported to Harrare. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-07-01 14:24 |
| #8 Let them paint the border fence. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-07-01 13:54 |
| #7 Deport the illegal aliens. Jail their employers. If enough of these employers have to do jail time they will all get the message and the problem will be solved. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-07-01 13:50 |
| #6 "The search warrants were served at the business and 15 residences believed to be owned by it". This employer is NOT innocent. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-07-01 13:01 |
| #5 My Company hires a great many construction workers from south of the border, and they ALl have the proper paperwork to show they're legal. Some probably are. Don't forget the document forgers. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-07-01 11:40 |
| #4 Step Two: Hit Annapolis Painting Services where it hurts-in the checkbook. If it weren't for employers that wage scavenge and hire illegals, they wouldn't be here in such great numbers. Here's something else to think about. Unemployment is around 5.5% what would it be if 12million illegals were not available to do these jobs instead of American Citizens? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-01 11:09 |
| #3 these employment operations probably wind up targeting the better class of illegals, the industrious ones, and that's too bad. Does it matter??? These would be higher paid illegails and that job should go to americans...so how many citizens consider painting below them....kick'em out.... I'd rather concentrate on deporting the SF city council and their favored drug dealers. Guess you do not have a problem in your area.....we need all of the kicked out and not just in looney sf |
| Posted by: dan 2008-07-01 10:24 |
| #2 It's simple Alan. These are businessmen, evil miscreants of society to the hold over Clintonistas of the Justice Department. Therefore, they're the one's to be thrown to the lions to satisfy the 'mob'. The SF City Council are like minded fellow travelers to those Clintonistas, thus immune from DoJ prosecution for obstruction of justice and conspiracy in a real court of law. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-07-01 10:18 |
| #1 I have been a staunch anti-illegal immigrant supporter and remain so. But, it just occurred to me that these employment operations probably wind up targeting the better class of illegals, the industrious ones, and that's too bad. I'd rather concentrate on deporting the SF city council and their favored drug dealers. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-07-01 09:59 |