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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: autoresponder
You got beer and ladies tonight?
To: libertyisnotfree
Clinton went after the oil industry near the end of his presidency. The Clintons have close ties to Wal- Mart (friends,she worked for them as counsel). The Administration is just having a little fun, embarrassing the Arkansas crowd. IMO
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posted on
10/24/2003 10:22:19 PM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
("Don't shoot Mongo, you'll only make him mad.")
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. Much like the RICO act has a terrifying effect on a mafia family.
83
posted on
10/24/2003 10:23:11 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. -Mr. Carlson, WKRP in Cincinnati)
To: libertyisnotfree
What is it with these democrats, they just can't wait to get to a foreign country and mouth off about our domestic affairs.
I'm gettin damn tired of it.
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posted on
10/24/2003 10:25:35 PM PDT
by
tet68
(multiculturalism is an ideological academic fantasy maintained in obvious bad faith. M. Thompson)
To: libertyisnotfree
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.I would imagine that in most occasions when the police arrest a lawbreaker, it's somewhat "terrorizing" for the lawbreaker.
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posted on
10/24/2003 10:25:59 PM PDT
by
usadave
To: libertyisnotfree
Do you agree with me when I say that it is treason for her to go to Mexico and talk like this? Not sure. It's definitely not in the same league as Patty Murray talking up Bin Laden's "charity work" in a time of war, but it's pretty bad.
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posted on
10/24/2003 10:26:44 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
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"
A family that probably doesn't even live in this country.
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posted on
10/24/2003 10:28:08 PM PDT
by
July 4th
To: libertyisnotfree
Hey Nancy Girl, the arrests were long overdue. What they showed is Walmart knew about it and undercut union supermarkets by hiring off the book illegal alien labor. This is precisely why workers are on strike in California - they may not agree with their union bosses embrace of the illegal immigrant lobby but they know unfair competition when they see it. And here is liberal Nancy Pelosi sanctioning unsafe working conditions, third world wages, and a slave work force run by an anti-union employer. Yep, liberals like you have certainly come a long way, baby!
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posted on
10/24/2003 10:28:15 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: libertyisnotfree
lol
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posted on
10/24/2003 10:30:10 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: libertyisnotfree
A pe tin-hat theory is that walmart was set up all over to facilitate drug destribution. Hardly a county is the country does not have one. Hilly and Bill, Ark. gang,,, sorta seems to have legs.
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posted on
10/24/2003 10:43:03 PM PDT
by
Waco
To: autoresponder
Carl from Oyster Bay is Carl Limbacher.
HDRC was also on the board of TCBY.Red Bone, on order of Tyson, of Tyson's Food/Chicken, ordered Red, a notorious CROOK, to pull the scam on the Merc, in cattle futures, for her. When he was caught, and CAUGHT he was (!), EVERYONE in the Chicago markets knew about it, exactly what he had done, and was more than delighted that he was sent to jail and forever forbidden from trading ever again. When this finally made the nightly news, my husband, who yes, was/is in that community, knew exactly what had been done and HOW !
Steve Malsberg is a very GOOD guy and I too listened to his late night show.
This latest, on WalMart, is NOT going to be good for HDRC at all. And YES, Furman is a tiger, when it comes to getting the goods on old cases...as well as new ones. That's WHY he had to be discredited, in the OJ debacle.
To: Finalapproach29er
I agree
To: tet68
Me too
To: usadave
Hopefully, they arrest Pelosi and the wal-mart execs next
To: reg45
You've got it.
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posted on
10/24/2003 11:42:35 PM PDT
by
AmericanVictory
(Should we be more like them, or they like us?)
To: Mr. Mojo
Illegal aliens are wrecking this nation worse than bin Laden can IMHO
To: libertyisnotfree
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. I just see red when I hear of dirt bags like Nancy Pelosi talk about the illegal aliens here, when I am having to jump through hoops, just to get my woman over here from the Philippines. These scum bags just have me seething.
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posted on
10/24/2003 11:43:52 PM PDT
by
Mark17
To: Waco; FITZ; Squantos; JustPiper; Guillermo; autoresponder
That theory seems like it could be valid
To: goldstategop
Your analysis is right-on
To: Mark17
Are Filipino women hot?
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