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2008-05-13 Home Front Economy

As many as 700 arrested in Iowa illegal immigration raid

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Must be a vast right wing conspiracy--Donks are losing voters in droves! There may be not enough dead voters to cover the hemorrage.

Posted by twobyfour 2008-05-13 01:01|| 2008-05-13 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Unless they persecute the owners, and get them heavily penalized, means nada---for every illegal reported, 10 more cross in.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-13 02:28|| 2008-05-13 02:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Ooops, I meant deported.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-13 02:29|| 2008-05-13 02:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Now, let us have some hard time for the Executives of this company along with some asset forfeiture.

Posted by Spanky Ebbeng5168 2008-05-13 05:25|| 2008-05-13 05:25|| Front Page Top

#5 The company is going to lose money hand over fist until 700 or so legal replacement workers can be found... in northeast Iowa ... which the board and the shareholders will not be excited about. The punishment is built in to the situation. They may even have to send to New York City.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-05-13 08:31|| 2008-05-13 08:31|| Front Page Top

#6 more, faster, please. And build the fence so they do NOT get back in illegally again.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-13 09:16|| 2008-05-13 09:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Unfortunately the state government of Iowa, in the person of the Governor, has been actively supporting the influx of illegals. Changes in agriculture have removed the farm families that used to take these jobs to supplement income and left the industries with the Hobson's choice of hiking wages to the point where someone will actually want these dirty, dangerous, dead-end jobs or bringing in illegals. It is not just the big industries. I have a nephew in Iowa City who was made shift manager at Wendy's because he was the only employee who could speak both English and Spanish.

Posted by RWV 2008-05-13 09:18|| 2008-05-13 09:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Thats 700 jobs for American workers that just became available. At the current unemployment rate, those jobs should be able to be filled.
They may have to bump it up a couple dollars an hour, but I don't remember anyone ever saying that you can get as many people as you want, for whatever you want to pay.
At least that's the way it used to work before we were flooded with illegals. Now you can get unlimited labor at whatever you decide to pay.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-05-13 09:32|| 2008-05-13 09:32|| Front Page Top

#9 I just want to know if the head of the plant and the HR department were among the 700.

I am staunchly anti-illegal immigration but I want to see the facilitators nailed too. Not just the poor buggers trying to make a living.

And yes, I can have compassion for people that risked a lot to get here to work, but, still think it's wrong. We should be presuring Mexico to clean up their act so these folks don't need to come here.

Posted by AlanC 2008-05-13 10:53|| 2008-05-13 10:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Compassion is not a sin, AlanC. You meet some of these Mexicans and you can't help but like 'em. I do . But I still want the illegals outta here and, yes, their employers in jail.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-05-13 15:59|| 2008-05-13 15:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Abu, would that the gang bangers et al in the inner cities had the real courage and moxy to try and make a better life for themselves that most of the illegals show.

That said, BUILD THE DAMN WALL NOW!

Posted by AlanC 2008-05-13 16:52|| 2008-05-13 16:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Concur w/all comments here....build the wall and at the same time take away the carrot...put a few employers into the clink for 5-10 yrs & it will clean itself up. I'll pay a couple extra bucks for hotdogs.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-05-13 17:15|| 2008-05-13 17:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Arrest the HR department, managers and ENTIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Slavery is illegal in this country and these assholes are making their living from, what is essentually, slave labor.

I'm wondering if the Slaveowners of the old south may have spent more on the food, clothing, housing and other essentuals for their slaves they these bastards probably paid their illegal aliens.

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-05-13 18:05|| 2008-05-13 18:05|| Front Page Top

#14 They did, CF. Read Kenneth Stumpp's "The Peculiar Institution" for a very good overview of why slavery was going to go away relatively soon even if there was no War Between the States.
Bottom line: free men will outwork slaves every day of the week. Don't be surprised, though, to see a far different view of slavery than the one promulgated by the far left. Stampp examines slavery from a very objective viewpoint and manages to avoid "presentism" extremely well. He was from UC Berkeley, BTW. He'd never be allowed on the faculty now.

Posted by Chinegum McGurque5166 2008-05-13 19:24|| 2008-05-13 19:24|| Front Page Top

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