Posted on 05/13/2006 5:49:57 AM PDT by FerdieMurphy
On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement proudly announced that they arrested one of the owners of a Mexican restaurant in Missouri following worksite enforcement operations at his Missouri and Iowa restaurants.
Julio Zapala-Urbina, co-owner of Julio's Mexican Restaurants in St. Joseph, Mo., and Cedar Falls, Iowa, was arrested on criminal charges of knowingly hiring illegal aliens to work at his restaurants. His arrest followed the execution of a federal search warrant, and the administrative arrest of nine illegal aliens at his St. Joseph restaurant. ICE agents also executed a federal search warrant at Zapala-Urbina's Cedar Falls restaurant April 27 during which 12 illegal aliens were arrested.
This investigation began March 23 after ICE was notified of a man whose Social Security number was discovered to be invalid, following his application to reside in a Cedar Falls mobile home village. The man indicated that he worked at Julio's restaurant. ICE agents later arrested two other illegal aliens who were involved in a traffic accident in Benton County, Iowa. They both also indicated that they worked at Julio's restaurant.
Further investigation revealed that none of these employees had been required to complete any paperwork or provide any documentation in order to work at the restaurant, which are federal requirements.
ICE special agents in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, executed a federal search warrant April 27 at Julio's Mexican Restaurant in Cedar Falls. They arrested 12 restaurant employees, and seized business paperwork, tax forms, a laptop computer, business bank account information and $17,000 cash. One of those arrested during this operation was restaurant co-owner Juan Lopez-Angel, who illegally resides in the United States. Following this operation, the bank account for this business was also seized.
While the arrests are to be commended, one can't help but wonder if we wouldn't get more bang for our buck if ICE and other investigative agencies were to initiate investigations of larger businesses -- those that hire thousands of illegal aliens.
The above described law-enforcement operation took over 6 weeks and hundreds of man-hours, yet the operation resulted in a mere 20-something illegal aliens apprehended and the arrest of a couple of small businessmen. The cynic in me sees an attempt by the Bush Administration to dupe the American people with a few well-publicized arrests of business owners who illegally employ undocumented immigrants just before Bush's scheduled televised address to the nation this Monday evening.
The Bush Administration and others in the GOP say that our nation is incapable of capturing the estimated 12 million illegal aliens. So the debate has become deportation vs. a much bandied de facto amnesty program.
We are told by Republican lawmakers (forget the Democrats -- we already know their position on the matter, though they try to avoid revealing it to voters) that the immigration problem is a complex issue. Baloney.
In fact, the remedy to our illegal alien problem is relatively simple: arrest employers of illegal aliens and seal the borders, including a shoot-to-kill policy for those armed paramilitary "Zetas" who provide protection for Mexican drug traffickers and coyotes.
If the jobs dry up, the incentive for illegals to remain in the US or enter the US becomes nullified. If we position troops on the border for about one year in concert with a real crackdown on businesses that hire illegal aliens, this will send a clear message to the Mexican government that we mean business and they will reconsider their strategy of unloading their criminals, undesirables and ultra-poor on the American people.
Of course, there will be a "minority of people" who will squawk about such an anti-illegal immigration policy, but they are in the minority and these left-wing, self-appointed voices will just find something else to squawk about. For hidden within the multitudes of illegal aliens during their protests, boycotts and rallies, are the Marxists, socialists and ultra-left Stalinists who use the illegals as a prop for their true agenda -- the destruction of a free and prosperous America.
The American people must let the GOP -- including the President -- know that we're not impressed with their dog-and-pony shows. We want action.
Exactly. How do we get 100 million people to put license plates on their cars? Enforcement.
The April demonstration came within a couple of blocks of my house here, but there were actually demonstrators on my street although much fewer in number. Yelling and waving their da#ned Mexican flags and calling for the massive deportation of the legal citizens of the US.
I posted this with not one acknowledgement from any OBLer (other than scorn for me) on this forum.
Nice people!!
Nice people!!"
Don't doubt for a minute that the leftist post on this forum in a coordinated way. They've learned to be somewhat circumspect to keep from being zotted immediately, that's all.
I'm with you Iwo Jima. I've consumed my last Tyson drumstick. From now on they can go stick their drumsticks where the sun don't shine.
Thanks for the link angkor. The rotten scum even put on extra shifts in advance to make sure they didn't loose any of their scummy profits. Round 'em up and head 'em off to waiting accommodations at the Graybar Hotel.
Some operate out in the open, but the mods let them (God knows why).
Johnnie, you remind me of the joke about the guy who goes into the bar with a 12 inch high little man who jumps up on the bar and kicks everyone's drink over.
The poor man explains that he got the little mean man after rubbing a bottle found on a beach. Of course a genie floats out and grants him a wish.
Remember how that one goes, Johnnie?
There you go again confusing pinhead with nitwit!
Sorry but your actions do not match your claims. From your behavior pretty obvious you are a DNC "Virtual Campaigner" pretending to be a "betrayed Conservative". You fool no one here with your protestations about your "Conservative" views. Pretty obvious you have none.
bttt
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