Ever since our last city council meeting vote to close our illegal alien job center, the newspaper has been heavy with commentary about how valuable this "resource" is to local contractors who claim it's "safer" than picking up "workers" off street corners and in front of 7-11s. What's galling is that these business owners feel entirely secure and justified in having their names and lousy business ethics posted in print (though the paper identifies some others only as "activists"). I would say it is "safer" for them to pick up their illegal workers at the city site because the city is complicit by providing the center and, as such, the authorities are not likely to do any follow up to ensure the contractors identify their "day laborers" as eligible to work in this country. And the "workers" claim, should the city go ahead with the closure, they'll just go back to taking over the local park making it all but unuseable for it's intended purpose. When and if that occurs, I think the entire block should be surrounded by so many ICE "fun buses" to provide immediate escort to the border.
Your black neighbor sounds like he has a Patty Hearst complex and is identifying with his captors!
Obviously my "thunderous applause" is reserved for Mayor Pro Tem Monahan:
"Monahan, however, said it's not a matter of immigration or race, but of holding the city accountable to the same standards as any business."