I told you it would work Ted. I actually have a whole bunch of them thinking we're finally enforcing the law.
Posted on 04/20/2006 8:37:43 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
There was a crackdown Wednesday and dozens of illegal immigrants were arrested.
Many of those same immigrants were released just hours later
It was the last thing they, and their families, expected.
"They are not criminals. All they're here for is to work for their family," said Mariz Gomez.
And that's what they were doing making wooden pallets at two different locations when federal agents swooped in and took nearly 70 suspected undocumented workers to this federal detention center in north Houston.
"Just for them to come in here and to just throw them back to where they go. That's not right for them," said Gomez.
Families 11 News spoke with feared the men mostly from Central American countries would be deported.
But that was hardly the case.
Just five hours later Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents began releasing the undocumented workers.
"I was surprised by the quick release," said a man who asked that his face not be shown. Several others made the same request.
It is not clear why these immigrants were released so quickly but workers say it may be because the 950-bed facility was severely overcrowded.
The workers say they were told the facilities were full. Sources inside the facility say the same thing and that agents have been ordered to release immigrants as soon as possible.
Some of the workers say there were other problems Wednesday.
They said computers went down and agents had to scribble information, in one case, failing to write in a court date altogether.
The men we spoke with promised to show up for their immigration hearings, still finding it hard to believe they were released so soon.
Congressman Mike Sodrel, 9th District, Indiana has addressed my concerns about this issue and we are in agreement. He has my support in this election.
Senator Lugar has not addressed my concerns at all. Have emailed and faxed his office many times and there has been no reply from them. Could be that he has this election sewn up and doesn't need my support this time. Still time for him to vote the right way on the immigration issue so we shall see what happens. Dismissing the concerns of a member of the county Republican Committee, who has always supported and campaigned for him, is not a wise decision on his part or his staff.
Only SEVEN? Geez, at that rate we'll soon be given our allegiance to the United States of Aztlan. They really need to start cracking down on American employees who hire illegal workers.
I found a real interesting article on this subject dated 2001. Click Here
Oh that is too harsh. I say deport them to the southern most tip of Brazil so it will take them a long time to get back here - say a week. ;^)
You are making several big assumptions:
1) no one (or some very small quantity) is admitting they snuck across the border,
2) there is no way that anyone can prove they lived in this country (via receipts, remembrance of addresses, places of birth, etc.) that could be used before adjudication.
I would think there's adjudication if there's a dispute.
But if Jose can't remember where he was born, or if there is no record online of his birth, or if there is no such address, and if he is using an invalid social security number (of a dead person say), then it's time for him to go back across the border.
And then, what about the illegal aliens that are visa overstayers -- why are they in this country? Your answer does not address this issue.
You must want them to stay here. Why do THEY get to set immigration policy. WHY CAN'T AMERICANS DETERMINE IT'S IMMIGRATION POLICY.
We did something like that back many years ago. I worked as a bartender in a pretty hot club. The owner was the most married guy you could ever think of. One of the other bartenders was a real ladies man and had a stable of girlfriends all the time.
One night he had a key to a no-tell-motel and we put it in the bosses coat pocket before he left for dinner with the family. We waited until we were sure he was home and eating then called and asked his wife to look in his coat pocket to see if he took the keys to the beer room home with him.
Well, all hell broke lose. The 5 of us who were in on it, had to go to his house after work and apologize for the joke. It took us almost 15 minutes to convince her it was just a joke. When we did, she laughed and thought it was funny. Our boss never did think it was funny.
The Executive is actually the weakest of the 3 branches when it comes to initiating things and designed that way but the congress has the right to create laws that will benefit the people but they have failed more by not getting it done where the President can really only mouth off what he wants done.
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