In the first story, we're told that the official involved in taking bribes to free illegal aliens who happen to be violent offenders will get the maximum sentence for his crime. Three years. Two of the violent offenders he worked to get released were rapists, one of whom went on to murder a college student less than a year after his release.
Another interesting bit is that this man worked with a Lebanese restaurant owner to get his illegal workers legal by helping them fraudulently marry American women--dangerous to the American people in a whole other way, since Syria uses Lebanon to train their terrorist operatives. So, unless the restaurant owner is hiring only family, he could unknowingly import terrorists into the US.
The other interesting story about why we can't get anything done to curb illegal immigration is that our own citizens are tipping factories and workers off about raids.
Without the outrage forcing politicians to act, they won't. Illegals, in many cases, create Social Security numbers to gain jobs, and pay payroll taxes. Without this chunk of income that will never have to be repaid to the people from whom it was taken, Social Security would have collapsed some ten years ago.
It's pretty easy to see why officials are playing so fast and loose with our safety: identity politics, the actions of some of our citizens that say louder than words that Americans are fine with "guest workers" whether they're legal or not, and extra income tax money coming in.
Don't know what to say about this one, America has become dependent on illegal workers to do all the jobs the average American feels below them.
ReplyDeleteBut mark my words, when we hit rock bottom in our economy and our Americans Citizens are looking for any job there is the illegals will be gone. We will go for the minium wage jobs also. After all our children need to be feed, clothed, and housed.
In regard to the officals caught taking bribes they deserve the punishment they get. One bad apple spoils it for the whole bunch.
I think the official punished for taking the bribes got off far too lightly. After all, had he not taken the bribes to release the violent criminals he released (as opposed to the nonviolent criminals that keep our agricultural industry running), there would be at least one American college student that would not have been raped and murdered. God only knows what the illegals working for the Lebanese restaurant owner could do--who knows whether or not they're violent jihadists, or simple schmucks that want a better life?
ReplyDeleteAs for the rest...you're right. Hopefully. Keep in mind that most minimum wage jobs are held by teenagers, not their parents. And most teenagers won't take the minimum wage jobs that the illegals currently hold. Legally, according to child labor laws, they cannot. I'm pretty sure that, regardless of how hard times become, their parents will not. The attitude of sacrifice has gone out of our country.
Go to http://oldnfo.blogspot.com/2008/06/you-aint-gonna-like-losing.html
Whoever wrote this piece hit the nail squarely on the head about current American attitudes.
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