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.
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And it doesn't seem to do any good to climb all over the Republicans' asses over this illegal immigration thing.
We donate the money and the votes and they posture to a gaggle of uneducated illegal criminals that steal, rape, cause auto accidents, use up the welfare money and are, in general, a damned nuisance that could be eliminated.
They roll their eyes when you suggest these illegal criminals be rounded up and deported because they fear the logistics of such an action.
The police hunt down murders one at a time. If that's what it takes then damnit do it!!!
I haven't been to MN for a few years, but I do remember all the pretty ladies and that peculiar psuedo-Scandanavian accent captured so well in "Fargo".
If you want to see where American is headed, come down to the most dynamic states - anything south of the (virtual) Mason-Dixon line. Then try and reconcile what you see with where you live - you're next.
They will eventually catch it, but by then, the "employee" is usually long gone, especially in construction.
"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great- great grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional and other liberal bed-wetters.
We hold these truths to be self evident; that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."
ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone ...not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful. Do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes, who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes. (This one is my pet peeve...get an education and go to work..don't expect everyone else to take care of you!)
ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.
ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.
ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. (AMEN!)
ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.
ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from! (lastly...)
ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief of one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all, with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!
I'm sorry. Did you have a point?
This is a bogus argument. Most will leave voluntarily when employers are forced to obey the law. Another large group will leave when welfare is denied to illegals. A relatively small number will remain with no work and no welfare, and these can be tracked down over time. It's not as if 12 million people need to be rounded up over night.
>>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 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.<<
Until we see employers punished, you know it's just more intelligence-insulting "boob bait for the bubbas."
"Because it's against the law to reveal that information. IRS and SS are forbidden to give that information to ANYBODY"
It may be true that the IRS and SSA are forbidden to give that information to anybody ELSE, but they do share information between their two agencies, and crosscheck tax returns with valid SS numbers.
Amen.
I'm sorry to say that I don't trust him to "strategically redeploy" them back home immediately after the November elections.
I think Krauthammer is right that this stinks of a quid pro quo: I'll give you your border back, if you give the Senate it's amnesty for 12 million.
By gosh, it's not even a fair trade.
How long till you see ICE head Julie (I-can-get-to-a-camera-faster-than-Chuck-Schumer-and-Lindsey-Graham)Myers on the tube bragging about this while the "captured" illegals, like at IFCO, are back in the streets awaiting (right) their court date?
"I'm sorry. Did you have a point?"
Yea, it's a good one too. It amazes me that the whiners around here don't welcome this news.
Yo, Iwo Jima! You the man!
Correct. No job, no money, no free hospital emergency room, no public schools, no welfare checks, no food stamps.
By gosh, it's almost like being home back in Mexico, but the tacos aren't as good.
I believe the VAST majority of FR is against our current Illegal problem. There is a very active and vocal few that stays primed and ready to fight for Illegals, including management.
>>I wonder why Jim Rob puts up with you. You are destroying his creation which he worked so hard to build and on which this nation depends for its very survival.<<
There is a pack of these people on Free Republic. I do not understand why they are here, year after year.
Free Republic is supposed to be a place where intelligent debate can take place. Jim has stated that till he is blue in the face, yet the mud-slinging crowd never listens.
On the bright side, as you mentioned, they are not doing themselves any favors, so maybe it's best they keep it up, out in the open.
They drive people away from their side by the droves.
What news? That the Bush administration is putting on a "dog and pony" show? That's not news.
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