Bloomberg: Illegal immigrants help golfers

UPI ^ | 4/1/06

[NormsRevenge]

NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says golf fairways would suffer if illegal immigrants were returned to their native country.

"You and I are beneficiaries of these jobs," Bloomberg told his WABC-AM radio co-host, John Gambling. "You and I both play golf; who takes care of the greens and the fairways in your golf course?"

However, Robert Heaney, general manager of Deepdale Golf Club -- a Long Island course where Bloomberg often plays -- told The New York Daily News that no illegal immigrants work at the club.

"Deepdale Golf Club has always been in 100 percent compliance with all immigration laws, and it is absolutely our policy to remain in compliance with all immigration laws," Heaney said.

The mayor also said 25 percent of undocumented immigrants are farm workers and many are home healthcare workers.

"Nobody wants to deport them, in the end, because people need them to take these jobs and do the things that nobody else is doing," Bloomberg said.

[OldFriend]

Why we call him Mayor Bloooming-idiot.

As for Gambling.....now that the illegals are lining up in his town he's upset.

[thoughtomator]

Ah, now we see why the country-club set is so determined to ram illegals down our throats.

[Unicorn]

I don't golf.

[brytlea]

I'm curious. Do home healthcare companies vet their employees or do any sort of background check? If you think about it, it should be VERY scarey that any significant number of home healthcare employees are illegal. That means they are not REALLY checking out the people who come into homes and care for the ill and the elderly. Doesn't give one a warm fuzzy...
susie

[proxy_user]

"... of Deepdale Golf Club -- a Long Island course where Bloomberg often plays..."

I guess if you cater to billionaires, you can afford to hire American workers.

This is certainly not the case at the 9 holes for 15 bucks kind of course.

[Dane]

I'm curious. Do home healthcare companies vet their employees or do any sort of background check?

I would say yes, since there are tons of trial lawyers who advertise on the jerry springer show, just ready to pounce for their next tort jackpot.

[muawiyah]

Amazingly a "country club Republican" actually admits that he thinks all the dark folks who tend lawns are illegal aliens.

[Screamname]

As much as I can`t stand this guy, I must say at least he is honest. Such as when they asked him if he ever smoked pot and he said "Yes, and I enjoyed it". Honest, but on the other hand the people of NORML will never stop using that quote in ads for the next 990000 years.

[Porterville]

Well let's help these golf courses get in trouble for tax evasion. Hiring illegals is illegal.

[Andy'smom]

This is the same arguement Lindsey Graham uses to justify his vote for amnesty.

[cripplecreek]

"Nobody wants to deport them, in the end, because people need them to take these jobs and do the things that nobody else is doing,"

I have an uncle who is the head of grounds maintinance at the local country club and he doesn't hire illegals. An ex girlfriends father is head groundskeeper at another local course and he has two of his sons on the crew with him.

What's the deal with these idiots and their inability to stop insulting their fellow Americans.

[TheForceOfOne]

Every time I hear a stupid argument like this I can't help thinking people want cheap labor as a form of slave labor. The country clubs would go to hell in a hand basket without Mexican laborers, good grief Charlie Brown!

[buccaneer81]

This guy can do the job!

[ZULU]

Everytime this pansey opens his mouth he shows how empty his skull is.

[Moonman62]

Every time I hear a stupid argument like this I can't help thinking people want cheap labor as a form of slave labor.

One day they will sue for reparations.

[brytlea]

So, then they know they are hiring illegal aliens? AND more to the point, can you really do a criminal background check on an illegal alien (I mean can your average business do it)?
susie

[CowboyJay]

"Amazingly a "country club Republican" actually admits that he thinks all the dark folks who tend lawns are illegal aliens."

Fellow FReeper smack nail firmly on the head, and drives it home in a single blow!

[NormsRevenge]

I guess the grass is greener at the 19th Hole country club lounge.

[McGavin999]

So, you're going to hire someone who doesn't speak english (or read it) to take care of your elderly mother? Do you really want someone like that administering medication?

[A message]

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says golf fairways would suffer if illegal immigrants were returned to their native country.

I had to first double check to make sure this wasn't from Scrappleface.

But now I'm convinced. Heck lets start sending buses to Mehico so we can be sure that none of our currently pristine golf fairways turn to rough.

More jobs taken from America's youth. I recall my brother working at a golf course while he was a teen during summer recess from high school. I guess all those teens are now making 50k a year at their summer jobs so we need illegal immigrants to maintain the golf courses.

[NormsRevenge]

I looked a couple times myself.. April 1 and all.

Maybe someone heard him on the radio show.

[TheForceOfOne]

I never thought of that but you're right.

[muawiyah]

No doubt Blumberg's illegals have legitimate medical decrees from Mexican universities.

[cripplecreek]

I'm ready to sue for reparations now. They've been taking my taxes and they sure don't represent me. Apparently my taxes pay for them to have nice cheap grass on their courses they aren't about to let me anywhere near.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"Bloomberg: Illegal immigrants help golfers"

Forget the high hifalutin moralist rhetoric by the pro illegals, this is what it is really about. They refuse to pay Americans a decent wage, they want second class humans they can exploit on the cheap.

[skip_intro]

One day they will sue for reparations.

You are sooooooo right.

And all the evidence they'll need to win is in print everywhere you look, praising them because they work so cheaply.

[thoughtomator]

That's exactly what it is... every argument in favor of illegals is a throwback to the days of slavery. Couldn't run our economy without them. They're better off here even under such conditions than back home. Etc.

[arbooz]

And this blithering idiot figured out how to become a billionaire.......
What gives?

[hodaka]

When I was a teenager over twenty years ago, I worked as a greenskeeper on a golf course in Savannah, Ga during the summer and on the weekends when I was going to school. And we had no hispanics that worked with us during that time. Boy have times change.

[TheForceOfOne]

Well, it seems the newbie who posted #15 to me got the hook.

None of my doing but his/her post was dumb.

These people keep making excuses for illegals to break our laws. I wonder if they make excuses for bank robbers, gang members, etc. too?

[Moonman62]

And President Bush says over and over again ad nauseum that they are doing the work Americans won't do. President Fox has already chimed in and said they are doing the work blacks won't do. I wish they would go ahead and sue now.

[ConsentofGoverned]

"And this blithering idiot figured out how to become a billionaire.......
What gives?"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>................
To beat this to death - read the CFR's goals the integration of north america on the road to a yes one world government..then all the illogical polices supported by our elites makes sense..either that or they are all insane and trying to destroy our system of government.

[Racehorse]

One day they will sue for reparations.

How's this for a start?

Unión del Barrio sees the land question as fundamental to resolving the current conditions under which the great majority of nuestro pueblo live as a colonized and oppressed population. Far from apologizing for our beliefs, our position is that we want back the lands that were illegally taken from the Mexican nation, and which continue to be illegally occupied. Furthermore, we want reparations and compensation for the wealth and natural resources that have been exploited from these territories and from our labor. These demands are based both on historical fact and international law. This is why we support and applaud those Mechistas who have had the courage and principle to uphold the land question.

WHAT CAME FIRST? MEChA OR CRUZ BUSTAMANTE?

[diverteach]

Let's face it, the rich have found new slaves and call it legitimate by paying them wages albeit small wages.

As for politicians, who are also in the rich category, they're going to do all they can to insure they don't disenfranchise the hispanic voting block.

[teldon30]

The new spin is that we can't let Fox lose in Mexico or a socialist/communist will win in the next election....does this give you an idea how 11 million new citizens from that country will vote?

This scare tactic propaganda is getting rediculous...i don't buy it anymore.

[thoughtomator]

Illegal immigration is a question of the fundamental legitimacy of our government. If the government is the legitimate representative of the people, and we the people legitimately rule ourselves, then laws made pursuant to the Constitution which binds us as a nation must be enforced by the government. To not enforce the immigration law is in effect saying the Congress is not the one making the rules in the USA.

[TheForceOfOne]

I guess you have to be well off to appreciate illegal slave labor. Maybe that's why I don't understand the supporters.

[TheForceOfOne]

It does raise eyebrows when the majority thinks one way and Congress reacts just the opposite.

[Lancey Howard]

Congrats, Norm - - this is the funniset thread of the week, hands down!

[Sic Luceat Lux]

"Nobody wants to deport them, in the end, because people need them to take these jobs and do the things that nobody else is doing," Bloomberg said.

Hmmm Norm, I wonder what Bloomberg thinks about the 8,000 illegals jamming up every hospital emergency room???

[oceanview]

not one of Bloomberg's finer moments.

[Willie Green]

I bet Mayor Tightwad never tips his caddy more than the mandatory club minimum.

[fish hawk]

They help them by cleaning their balls???

[Evie Munchkin]

"I'm curious. Do home healthcare companies vet their employees or do any sort of background check?"

I used to work in HR for a skilled nursing facility and home health group in Oregon. We did background checks on every single employee that we hired. The employee had to give a social security # and drivers license # for the check. In addition we would call the SSA and verify the SS#, birth date and name for each employee. If the info didn't match, I would bring it to the employee's attention. I caught at least one illegal that way. He left work on his own after I told him that he needed to visit the SSA and resolve the problem.

The state agency that oversees nursing homes in Oregon checks to see if criminal background checks are done. They do this during an annual audit of the facility. I would hope that other states do the same.

[naden25]

Perfect! Couldn't have said it better.