[RANGERAIRBORNE]

Why WalMart? Why now? The Feds could go to any construction site in the Southwest and arrest as many illegals as their buses could carry- or they could go out to Long Island and grab all those maids and yard-work guys working for the rich and famous of New York. But they don't.

Why?

[evad]

But they don't. Why?

Maybe they have a target group...hmmmm...
religion/cult of peace mean anything ?

[Bernard Marx]

Why WalMart? Why now?

Good question. Maybe this is part of the answer. WalMart is planning to open some 60 super-stores around the country that have everything from tires to groceries. In some parts of the country these stores have already killed off several supermarket chains because they deliver products at about 14% less than existing chains. Cost-cutting competition against these stores is a big part of why grocery checkers are on strike in California. They're being asked to forgo raises for 2 years and accept higher medical care premiums.

Anyway, it doesn't strike me as beyond the realm of possibility that lobbyists for Safeway, Kroger, Albertsons, etc. are putting plenty of pressure on the Justice Department to find any irregularities in the way WallyWorld does business. As a footnote, Oakland, CA where "Moonbeam" Jerry Brown is now mayor, has just outlawed these big stores through its zoning laws.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Why WalMart? Why now?

Uh, since it has been common knowledge that places like Wal-mart and K-mart have been employing illegal aliens for years, that's a good question.

[LaGrone]

So very true. In Central Texas, that is all there is in the construction industry. The question for all of us is whether the cheaper price on the house is worth looking the other way on illegal immigration.

[GailA]

Same with resturants.

[JustPiper]

This case derived from 1998 in Pennslyvania

[Bigg Red]

Why WalMart? Why now?

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Hey, it's a start. And Wal-Mart, one of the largest employers in the US, is very high profile. So maybe it will wake up some of the others, who will now start towing the line.

[RobbyS]

Walmat is a BIG operation. Why hit on the Catholic Church instead of hitting on widespread sexual abuses in the smaller denomination. Because there is a lot more centralized control.

[Paulus Invictus]

Why not Wal-Mart? They are the biggest retailer in the world and so powerful they merely have to pull a few political chains, like that of Sen. Clinton (a former W-M Board member), and, voila, the problem is erased. It's sorta like the Teddy K thing at Chappaquidic. If the pols want to be free from any prosecution, they merely call their lawyers and invoke some kind of privilege, a la Clintoon. Justice applies only for the little people, and never the pols or the big corporations like W-M.