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2005-04-12 Home Front: Culture Wars

Idaho officials weigh RICO lawsuit over illegal workers

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-04-12 9:12:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I hope they prevail. Numerous large employers have made elaborate efforts to bring illegals into my state. They consider it their god given right and have no concern whatsoever for the havoc the practice creates in small communities because they don't have to live amidst the problems. Throw the book at the pigs and all who promote and profit from the practice I'd say. Immigrants are great but citizens who systematically bring in illegals to profit should be shut down and prosecuted. Right now they have little to fear and the profit available is great. That dynamic needs to change. Our govenment needs to publically recognize the problem and act immediately to stop it.

Posted by Tkat 2005-04-12 9:44:37 AM|| 2005-04-12 9:44:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 But Stephanie Lounsbury, a Nampa resident and member of the Idaho Community Action Network, said Vasquezâ tactics would not win him many fans.
"Immigration is an American experience and acceptance is an American value,"

Dear Stephanie, Slavery was also once an American experience. We grew out of it, though with some lethal side effects. And it now appears that most Americans are no longer buying your line either on ILLEGAL immigration.

Posted by Jeamp Ebbereting9442 2005-04-12 9:50:12 AM|| 2005-04-12 9:50:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Immigration is an American experience and acceptance is an American value," Lounsbury said. "I think that employers know thereâs a problem and they need real solutions, not an attack. We should work toward comprehensive immigration reform."

Standard tactic of these people to confuse the illegal alien issue with legal immigration. Yes LEGAL immigration is part of what made america great. ILLEGAL aliens (I refuse to call the immigrants because they have not earned that desination) are a net-drain on our resoures and are not part of the 'american experience'. 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform' is a keyword for amnesty.

Isn't hiring illegal aliens already against the law? Make a few high-profile arrests.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-04-12 9:50:29 AM|| 2005-04-12 9:50:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes LEGAL immigration is part of what made america great. ILLEGAL aliens..

This is all par for the course. Whenever the subject of illegal immigration comes up with these types, they'll RARELY, if ever, say anything about the fact that the people in question entered the country illegally. It's always immigration is this, immigration is that, blah blah blah, with little to no emphasis on the illegal aspect. What's infuriating is that they'll repeat this pile of crap over and over.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-12 10:39:31 AM|| 2005-04-12 10:39:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 When did it become illegal to immigrate to the US?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-04-12 10:41:12 AM|| 2005-04-12 10:41:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh, maybe, when it avoided the approved methods of application and approval for immigration established by the representatives of the elected government. And how does Mexico treat unapproved immigrates?

The Mexican constitution which addresses foreigners as -
"Chapter III
Of Foreigners
Article 33 - Foreigners are those who do not possess the qualities determined in Article 30. They have the right to the guarantees of Chapter I of the first title of this Constitution, but the Executive of the Union has the exclusive right to expel from the national territory, immediately and without necessity of judicial proceedings, all foreigners whose stay it judges inconvenient."

Posted by Jeamp Ebbereting9442 2005-04-12 12:04:16 PM|| 2005-04-12 12:04:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 When did it become illegal to immigrate to the US?

Never. But we have procedures for it. The illegals are the ones who think they're better than the rest of us; that laws don't apply to them.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-04-12 12:15:15 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-04-12 12:15:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Mrs. Davis, the principle is the same as standing in line to buy a ticket to enter Disneyworld versus slipping over the wall. The ones who flout the rules and consume the goodies just make things more expensive and less enjoyable for the ones who follow the rules. Illegal immigration (trespassing, breaking and entering, committing fraud, grand theft are all also terms that apply but are seldom used.) The real reason that the rule of law is breaking down in this country is that there is a political party in this country that believes rules and laws are optional.

Posted by RWV 2005-04-12 10:30:51 PM|| 2005-04-12 10:30:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Mrs Davis, there are plenty of opportunities to come here legally. There's a two year waiting list in Phoenix just to get an interview for a green card.

The ironic thing is the people who are following the rules and doing the paperwork can't get the benefits and other goodies that the illegals are getting.

Case in point: if my husband tries to apply for any kind of government assistance, I have to reimburse the state for it. For the next 10 years, no less, even if we get divorced. (Yeah, I got a real incentive to make sure this is my first and only marriage! ;) ) Meanwhile, he gets the honor of working and paying US taxes so that illegals can get benefits he's not entitled to receive.

I wish someone out there could explain the logic of that to him, because I'm not having much luck when I try.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-04-13 12:15:23 AM|| [http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com/] 2005-04-13 12:15:23 AM|| Front Page Top

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