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.
Sad that in this day and age the only ones to figure out a SSN is phony is a mobile home park!!
Hey angkor - when he's done there send him out to your western suburb neighbors in Herndon, where the citizens finally had enough, and fired the mayor and entire Town Council last week because they set up a tax-funded day labor site.
++++Source to back up this claim other then some pressure groups PR sheet or website?++++
Excuse the interruption, but as to a source - It was reported the next day on FoxAndFriends that all the illegals were released after getting a 'notice to appear ticket'. I don't know if it was "five hours" but they all were in fact released.
It might be in the Fox News website archives, but it is true as I saw that segment with my own little eyes.
His tone and tactics seem amazingly similar to those we used to see during the Clinton years.
Build the wall, fine employers who hire illegals, illegals go home, then we can talk about guest workers.
No amnesty, no guest voters, nothing complicated about that.
And what would be wrong with investigating those that are illegal? Sounds like something you would want to do automatically. Otherwise you have an enormously corrupt SS system -- on second thought, never mind.
Double Amen!!!
I wasn't here then (my loss), but I can well believe it.
We all know who they are are know they hate the USA. But the mods let them hang around (I think they keep them since they don't want FR to become too much of an echo chamber).
That is precisely correct. The fine citizens of Herndon (which is 25 percent Hispanic) ousted 5 of 7 of the Town Council including the mayor last week, due specifically to their contested, opposed, and well-publicized support for an illegal alien "day laborer" center which the townspeople *did not want*.
In November, I'll vote for George Allen because he is opposed to amnesty, but my House vote makes no difference against our despicable and Kennedy-like Rat incumbent James Moron.
But I suppose in other areas Republicans will be paying a very high price, just as the Town Council did in Herndon.
Buh byyye!
You lazy sack of something, Google it yourself. The numbers released were from offical sources and well-publicized.
Oh, you probably don't know how to Google, so just click below:
>>Well, you see, I don't want to see conservatives driven away from the GOP. MNJohnnnie obviously does. I want the GOP to stop doing things that drive conservatives away.<<
I think that's an ever-growing consensus.
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