A 12-year employee at the plant, Staci Ramon, expressed shock as she stood across the highway from the ongoing raid.
Ramon said she had a dental appointment this morning and she arrived for work was blocked by state troopers.
She said that about 80 employees work at the plant, picking and packing tomatoes.
“Now we’ll probably have 20,” Ramon said.
“Alright you tomato pickin’ varmints, come out with your hands up!”
- Yosemite Sam
“There should be a means for such workers to be employed legally in the U.S., he said.”
GREAT IDEA! Why hasn’t our government thought of that?
/sarc
Very interesting.
Near my home town. Nebraska will not enforce immigration laws, and local cops have been told to avoid talking with ICE.
To many big businesses depend on slave labor. What I saw at a packing plant’s “Shanty town” made me so mad that I could not see straight.
If they need the workers, get them legally. The problem places like Excel are having now is that the locals know enough Spanish to talk with the new hires, so the companies are importing people who don’t speak Spanish any more.
This is nice news for the day! What about Home Depot parking lots? ICE should check those each day. It’d up their count significantly. Maybe WalMart, too?
OK. Deport the 60 criminal alien invaders, and hire 60 AMERICANS.
She said that about 80 employees work at the plant, picking and packing tomatoes.
“Now we’ll probably have 20,” Ramon said.
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Staci knows the place is packed with illegals.
I think the enforcement should be a RICO act: Close the business, sell it at auction, and jail the owners and managers.
When we start jailing the employers, they will stop hiring illegal aliens.
Boo hoo. Hire American.
In a town of 3700 the Feds raid a Mex grocery, Mex restaurant, Major tomato processor and a sister potato processor.
looks like the town folk are gonna have to drive to the next town for tacos, rice and beans this coming Friday night.
If 60 out of 80 employees were illegals, it becomes are to argue the employer made an "honest mistake".
If a few employers were made examples of, with jail sentences and maximum fines, employment for illegals would dry up.
I guess we don’t have any unskilled Americans who could be trained to pick, sort or pack tomatoes.
PING
Boo hoo! They were breaking the law. I hope the plant gets a major fine.
““Now we’ll probably have 20,” Ramon said. “
No, lady, ya’ll will still have 80, but ow they’ll all be U.S. citizens, plus yours and there’s wages will skyrocket to boot ...