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| Bridge Collapse: Welders Were (Lettuce Farrmers) Illegal Alliens |
| 2007-08-07 |
| The owner of Tarrasco Steel, a company that supplied workers on the Biloxi Bay Bridge, was arrested and charged with hiring illegal immigrants on projects in three states. Some had improper welding certification. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Jose S. Gonzalez, 32, at his office in Greenville Thursday, according to a news release. Tarrasco Steel was hired as a subcontractor for rebar installation services to major bridge projects in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. The federal government considers those bridges as critical infrastructure, and they were part of routine inspections of facilities that if damaged could pose a threat to national security and public safety. “There is a serious public safety concern when illegal aliens, who are not authorized to work in the country legally, and who do not possess valid welding certifications, are employed in the construction of bridges in our communities,” said Michael A. Holt, special agent in charge of the Customs Office of Investigations in New Orleans, in a news release. Homeland Security Chertoff's Lettuce Farmers. So much for our homeland security, people died. |
| Posted by:Clealing Bluetooth4471 |
| #3 Steve, you are exactly right. The big lie about illegal aliens is that they are doing work that Americans won't do. It's a lot closer to the truth to say that Americans need not apply. |
| Posted by: treo 2007-08-07 19:46 |
| #2 “There is a serious public safety concern when illegal aliens,... are employed in the construction of bridges in our communities,” I'm sure they're just doing those |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-08-07 15:20 |
| #1 so a little e. coli spread by bad / no-existent hygiege wasn't enough, huh? now the building of unsafe bridges. maybe they should work on that one destined for Alaska...... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-08-07 14:45 |