Posted on 12/21/2006 6:30:27 AM PST by doc30
"Lots of smoke, but not much fire."
More like smoke and mirrors. Until this happens 24/7 (which it could) I'm not buying it.
So the state "investigation" was plodding along, getting milked for years worth of taxpayer funded paychecks when ICE showed up and did their job. Just what was a State agency going to do? (or has ever done?). Sound like whining over the gravy train getting defunded cause the feds beat them to it.
Workers Line Up To Fill Meat-Processing Plant Vacancies After Raids
Gee, looks like Americans want those jobs after all....
Can't arrest the executives. Under the current law, they used the Basic Pilot program and found that the applicant's name and SSN numbers matched. That is sufficeint to prove the company did not knowingly hire illegals. IMHO, the law needs to be changed.
This Iowan isn't upset by the arrests, but I've heard that they had a 'heads-up' that this was coming and hundreds avoided getting caught and that's upsetting!
I also recall something about Vilsak making Iowa more easily accessable to what amounts to illegals a few years back too...any other Iowans remember any of the details??
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