Another Raid on Illegal Immigrants

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:44 am

Tihs one's in my backyard. The Swift plant in Texas is only 10 minutes from my town. We've been advised by local news to be keeping our vehicles and houses locked, due to those who will be attempting to run.

Federal agents carrying up to 100 pairs of handcuffs have entered the Swift & Co. beef packing plant in Greeley, the Greeley Tribune reports this morning.

Two large white buses, a few white vans and other buses are parked in the back of the building.

U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents are executing warrants to arrest illegal immigrants at the Swift plants in Nebraska, Texas, Utah, Iowa and Minnesota, in addition to Greeley.

Barbara Gonzalez, an ICE public affairs officer, told the newspaper there probably won't be a number on how many people were arrested until tomorrow.

She said Swift isn't facing charges at the present time.

"At this point, a civil search warrant allows us to search the premises to find any illegal aliens. The strong point here is that a lot of U.S. citizens and U.S. residents have been victimized ... by a large scale identify theft scheme," Gonzalez said.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/l ... 17,00.html

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:24 am

Every little bit helps...every small effort to show these people we mean business and get them out of the country is ok with me. I'm willing to pay more for everything...if it means jobs for US citizens and available services for US citizens.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:38 am

Watch it, Sheryl, they'll come in after your fudge!!

Sorry, couldn't help myself!!)

:o

Specfiction · Post by **Specfiction** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:42 am

You know, the sad thing about all this is that as the problem festers, more and more people become polarized, and at some point, things explode. If only problems could be addressed promptly in a more intelligent, thoughtful, and realistic way, things wouldn't have to get out of control. But expecting people, in general, to manage their affairs that way is just wishful thinking. The best predictor of the future is, unfortunately, the past.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:22 pm

They've opened the highway back up, finally. Hubby was in Dumas this morning when the National Guard came through. They shut down the main street through town to allow for all the vehicles.

My fudge is safe, haha, haven't got to make it yet. Been doing the truffle centers, since mom and I called it quits last night after 2 hours of dipping the others. :wah:

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:12 pm

Specfiction;483879 wrote: You know, the sad thing about all this is that as the problem festers, more and more people become polarized, and at some point, things explode. If only problems could be addressed promptly in a more intelligent, thoughtful, and realistic way, things wouldn't have to get out of control. But expecting people, in general, to manage their affairs that way is just wishful thinking. The best predictor of the future is, unfortunately, the past.
I'm sorry. Each of those sentences taken separately make some sense, but together .... what point are you trying to make?

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:38 pm

this is my opinion only,,,,,,,,,why bother with it now....so they take one business and close it down and send all the employees back to mexico...they'll probably be back in two days and bring relatives with them this time................it's like our war on drugs , they are trying to damn up a river with a rock. it aint gonna work..................

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:40 pm

This is the statement from the company, Swift,

“They have never condoned the employment of unauthorized workers, nor have they ever knowingly hired them.”

They believe Tuesday's raids violate the agreements associated with the company's participation in the Government's Basic Pilot Worker Program.

The company said they raise serious questions as to the Government's possible violation of workers' civil rights.

Here's a link to one of my local area news reports. http://www.kvii.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=23377

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:41 pm

guppy;484460 wrote: this is my opinion only,,,,,,,,,why bother with it now....so they take one business and close it down and send all the employees back to mexico...they'll probably be back in two days and bring relatives with them this time................it's like our war on drugs , they are trying to damn up a river with a rock. it aint gonna work..................

These raids weren't so much about illegal immigration alone. They were looking for the ones who were using stolen identies.

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:45 pm

of course they are upset, it hurts their business. anything that dirupts the flow of money is gonna raise a big ruckus.............

thanks for sharing that sheryl.........

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:42 am

guppy;484460 wrote: this is my opinion only,,,,,,,,,why bother with it now....so they take one business and close it down and send all the employees back to mexico...they'll probably be back in two days and bring relatives with them this time................it's like our war on drugs , they are trying to damn up a river with a rock. it aint gonna work..................
I agree that it seems like bailing water before you've plugged the leak, but these job opportunities are what are luring the criminal aliens. We need to concentrate on stemming the flow. We can build a wall that they can climb, break through, or dig under, or we can shut down the money.

We need to make it unprofitable to hire criminal aliens, and to be criminal aliens. The more people that flow across our borders, the easier it will be for a terrorist to hide among them.