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US Rep. Pelosi says Wal-Mart arrests "terrorizing"
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| 10-24-03
| Reuters
Posted on 10/24/2003 7:54:36 PM PDT by libertyisnotfree
US Rep. Pelosi says Wal-Mart arrests "terrorizing"
Reuters, 10.24.03, 6:15 PM ET
MEXICO CITY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Friday police raids on dozens of U.S. Wal-Mart stores in the search for illegal immigrants this week amounted to "terrorizing" workers.
"It instills a great deal of fear in people who are only trying to earn a living and put food on the table for their family," Pelosi, a California Democrat, told reporters on a Congressional visit to Mexico.
Hundreds of workers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (nyse: WMT - news - people) locations across the United States were arrested on immigration charges on Thursday in an investigation into contractor cleaning crews.
"We think there might be a better way to go about this because the fact is that it is against the law for the employer to hire these people so there should be more focus on the employer and less in these terrorizing raids," Pelosi said.
She was speaking after meeting Mexican President Vicente Fox for talks on immigration and border security.
Pelosi said the Wal-Mart raids showed the need to legalize undocumented workers in parts of the economy other than just the agricultural sector.
Several bills to grant legal status to illegal immigrants working in U.S. agriculture are before Congress, including the Berman-Cannon bill which would let an estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants earn legal residency.
Copyright 2003, Reuters News Service
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: illegalimmigration; pelosi; walmart
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To: libertyisnotfree
No, they were not.
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posted on
10/24/2003 8:35:14 PM PDT
by
Guillermo
( Proud Infidel)
To: autoresponder
I heard an interesting take on this today on the radio. It was Mark Furham and he thinks this is tied to the war on terror. He thought it was ridiculous to go to all this trouble for 300 illegals when you can catch that many just trying to cross the border every day. He believes there is something much more to this than just rounding up some illegals. Afterall, Tyson foods was busted and there wasn't near the hoopla that this had created.
I have no idea if he's on to something or not but found it interesting.
Also a caller to Drudge today on Rush's show was suggesting that the unions and the grocery strikers in California are behind this because they want to keep the WalMart mega stores out of their regions. Not sure what to make of that theory but it's interesting too.
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posted on
10/24/2003 8:35:19 PM PDT
by
Wphile
(Keep the UN out of Iraq)
To: kcvl; MeeknMing; Mia T
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Thanks
To: autoresponder
I have no idea
maybe others will know
To: Guillermo; autoresponder
The fed have wal-mart execs on wiretaps and hidden video incriminating themselves in this ordeal.
Hopefulle, the news exposes this further
To: autoresponder
Your sister seems to waking up
To: Wphile; MeeknMing; nopardons; Mia T; ntnychik; Arpege92
If Mark Furman gets his teeth into this and bites down there will be screams of pain from the lefties.
He was the sole figure that revived the Greenwich/Kennedy Cuz murder of a teenager long ago.
Trial was a circus, as was Alex "AMW" Kelly's (same atty; Mickey Sherman), but another one bit the dust.
Recall when Klintonistas went after and PRed burger and meat processors?
Tyson ended up buying one monster distressed co. out; or am I wrong?
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To: libertyisnotfree
Do you agree with me when I say that it is treason for her to go to Mexico and talk like this?Borderline at the least. Of course there is no way in Hades that there are 'nads big enough anywhere in this country's government to make the case. : (
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posted on
10/24/2003 8:55:37 PM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(All this, of course, is simply pious fudge. - H. L. Mencken)
To: libertyisnotfree
We have zero tolerance for American students involved in ridiculously minor infractions in our public/socialist schools, but we can't seem to apply the same standards to hordes of felons pouring across our boarders. When you see this kind of insanity, think Civil War II.
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posted on
10/24/2003 9:00:59 PM PDT
by
Desron13
To: autoresponder
pull Steve off the overnight juggernaught. I don't listen very often but he's doing that shift on WABC.
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posted on
10/24/2003 9:01:40 PM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(All this, of course, is simply pious fudge. - H. L. Mencken)
To: autoresponder
You use msntv aka webtv?
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To: StriperSniper
Well it is up to us Freepers to ensure that folks see her for the traitor that she is
To: Desron13
I agree with you
To: Enterprise
And there we have it - positive proof that Wal-Mart donates heavily to the Democrats. If they do, they're brain dead. Democrats hate WalMart. It's nonunion, "destroys" the businesses of the towns it goes into, and pays low wages. Go over to DU sometime and see what they have to say about the "WalMartization of America."
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To: libertyisnotfree
"It instills a great deal of fear in people who are only trying to earn a living and put food on the table for their family," Pelosi, a California Democrat, told reporters on a Congressional visit to Mexico.
"We think there might be a better way to go about this because the fact is that it is against the law for the employer to hire these people so there should be more focus on the employer and less in these terrorizing raids," Pelosi said.
Terrorizing? As compared to what, Nance? Waco?
They're lawbreakers, Rep. Pelosi. You swore an oath to uphold the law yet you characterize these criminal invaders as victims. You need a perspective implant, babe.
To: autoresponder
You got it made!!
To: MadeInOhio
Pelosi needs arrested for treason
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