[Spktyr]

Good riddance.

[cripplecreek]

I suspect that crack dealers would whine the same way if someone drove their customers away.

[jcparks]

This (almost) whole community was illegal? How deep does this go?

[hatfieldmccoy]

If Swift is so keen to hire Mexicans, relocate the processing plant in MEXICO and keep the grief, social costs and criminals in MEXICO!!

[freekitty]

Tough

[television is just wrong]

why have they not come to CALIFORNIA to start raids here.??

[IrishCatholic]

bookmark for later printing.

[brytlea]

Work inside the plant is hard, dirty, stinky and dangerous, and it is where Cactus’s biggest business owner and mayor, Luis Aguilar, and Cactus’s largest landlord, Thanh Nguyen, got their starts in the United States. Aguilar, a native of Chihuahua, began working at the plant in 1976 using false identity papers, he admits. In 1986, he was able to legalize his status in the United States, along with 2.7 million illegal workers, under the amnesty program authorized by the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act.

Previously criticized by some local officials who thought he aided and even encouraged illegal immigrants to settle in Cactus, Aguilar took the raids almost personally. He canceled the annual city Christmas party because so many residents, including City Council members, had spouses or other relatives who had been arrested by immigration authorities. Aguilar subsequently lent one of his buildings to be used as a food and used-clothing pantry for residents whose relatives were caught in the raid. “These are my people,” said Aguilar, 50, who today owns the largest house in Cactus, a nearby 575-acre ranch, a laundromat and the town’s only full-fledged grocery store. About half of his 26 rental units are empty now.

It seems very clear why it is a terrible idea to give amnesty to folks whose first act in this country is to break the laws. Clearly, even after they become elected officals as AMERICANS their loyalties lie elsewhere. Expect more of the same as we get another amnesty and more of this sort of person is elected in American cities.

susie