Posted on 03/27/2006 7:01:54 PM PST by Ladycalif
March 27, 2006 — Much like the day laborers they track, activists in Lake Forest, Calif., start their day before 7 a.m.
Armed with cameras, they are trying to shame employers that pick up illegal immigrants into stopping by posting their photographs on the Web site WeHireAliens.com. They greet employers with signs saying, "Hiring a day laborer? Say cheese!"
Far from the theoretical debates on Capitol Hill, WeHireAliens.com is just one of many loosely affiliated citizens groups working against illegal immigration across the country.
They congregate at day laborer sites from Herndon, Va., to Lake Forest, south of Los Angeles.
One employer, in a pickup truck with two laborers, said he thinks their tactics are "harassment."
"These folks have a right to make a living," he told ABC News.
'People Need Us'
As of Monday, the group had posted 843 companies from coast to coast on its site. They range from major corporations to small-business owners. But the group acknowledged it cannot prove that all day laborers are in the country illegally.
"It's not a perfect system," said Jason Mrochek of WeHireAliens.com. "Just like it's not a perfect system that we have all these illegal aliens running around and no one's doing anything about it."
But one day laborer, Pablo Garcia, said he has the proper papers. "I didn't do anything wrong to anybody," Garcia said. "The people need us and we offer. We are here for work."
The group said it's tough to judge how effective its efforts are. Employers complain about being on the site, but certainly the hiring has not stopped — nor has the tide of illegal immigration.
ABC News' Jake Tapper reported this story for "World News Tonight."
I was on TV!
Balance the budget with fines from the employers who hire them.
Nice.
Good.
I especially like the pic of the contractor. Nice guy. He's keeping his bottom line down buy using serfs. And he passes the costs on to us.
I think he is demostrating one of his special skills for a potential employer.
Money. It's all about money. Blah blah blah money.
That's even more disgusting.
Here's how to really get a potential employer's attention on that corner:
Just takes a little creativity.
Great idea!!! PING
Viva "Black Jack" Pershing.
I dont get the last pic, its a bush... Am I missing something?
Check the little bottle; the place is littered with them.
The guy sticking his tongue out at us in favor of illegals for labor might as well be just about anyone from Washington including George Bush.
Just what the Mexicans have in store for us.
http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/media/aztlan.mov
http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?page_id=810
Go to
Anti Immigration Scare Tactics
It will play for you
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