Posted on 03/06/2007 1:05:40 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
An army of 300 federal immigration agents raided a New Bedford leather manufacturer today and arrested the company's owner and three managers on charges that they hired illegal workers to meet labor demands fueled by millions of dollars in contracts with the US military.
During the early morning blitz, agents also took into custody up to 350 employees who had been working at Michael Bianco Inc., a waterfront factory that employs about 500 people, predominantly immigrants from Guatemala and El Salvador. Some employees fled when agents stormed the building, and helicopters hovered overhead to alert authorities of escape routes, said Corinn Williams, executive director of the Community Economic Development Center in New Bedford, which has been fielding calls from worried immigrants.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
bttt
Remember when the Flyers beat the crap out of the Russians? Bobby Clarke nailed this guy in front of the Flyers net and he went down like..well, a Montreal Canadian on home ice. The Russians left the ice...oh I miss the Cold War.
Only about 20 million more to go.
Beat me to it.
Well that's going to cost the employer about Tree-Fitty.
Yes, I have that 1976 Flyers-Soviets' game on a DVD; however, it was Ed Van Impe who sparked the controversy against Kharlamov in that game. Clarke's "offense" was against Kharlamov in the 1972 Canada Cup.
Tell the old lady to give him tree fitty. Damn monsta.
I hate to clue you in, but these people were doing productive work as are most of the 20 million you mentioned.
Eliminating 20 million people who are doing productive work may not produce the results you had in mind.
Be careful what you wish for.
Does this mean that the military isn't gonna get the leather contracts fulfilled? Another attack on our troops.
We should normalize their status...and get rid of the minimum wage at least for legal and (new)law abiding foreign workers.
So, they are breakign the law and need to be deported asap. I already mow my own yard.
I hate to clue you in, but they are here illegally.
Normalize the room temperature with the occupants?
No problem. Just another GIANT HIT for the U.S. taxpayer. Thank you Washington, DC for your malfeasance and politically-motivated incompetence.
Impressive, but it's only for show.
"US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan called the working conditions at the factory "horrible" at a press conference today in Boston."
Read right past that part, eh?
How do you know what those 20 million are doing? These particular ones were working for a company with a military contract. Not only are they illegally trespassing, they're a security risk.
"I hate to clue you in, but these people were doing productive work as are most of the 20 million you mentioned."
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I hate to clue you in, but these people are here illegally.
Another clue, there's no reason why a US citizen couldn't do these jobs.
For your reading pleasure, and hopefully you education as well.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782450/posts
and
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767956/posts
and...the cherry on top.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676807/posts
and the Hershey kiss on top of the cherry....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789197/posts
I wonder if the owners are Republican.
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