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Minutemen Protest Laguna Beach Day Laborer Site (DOJ Attends)(PICS)
7/21/07

Posted on 07/21/2007 10:09:01 PM PDT by Ladycalif

It was hard to believe we were in Laguna Beach - response from the passersby by was enthusiastic and overwhelmingly positive. The counter protester were limited to the local kids, most of whom left early.Two Department of Justice personnel were there - they said they have been assigned to "mediate all Minuteman rallies.' Not sure what that was all about but there were three police officers there the whole time and they ran a tight ship - keeping the counter protesters away and making sure there was no illegal parking or jay walking.

DOJ Personnel in the second and fourth photos.


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KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration
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To: Ladycalif

I especially like the sign that says “If your business can not survive without illegals, then your business needs to fail”. Ouch!

Thank you and everyone for being there. Pics are nice too.


21 posted on 07/21/2007 11:43:40 PM PDT by CaliGirl-R (America is a "safe haven" for terrorists thanks to Political Correctness!)
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To: Ladycalif
FRom your other thread....


22 posted on 07/22/2007 12:02:31 AM PDT by bobbyd (Flyer, I love and miss you...Lords best my FRiend)
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To: Ladycalif
Great pics. The DOJ presence is ominous. Jorge would love to have proof of vigilante activities by the Minutemen. He was either too dumb or lying when he called them vigilante.

The day labor site brings back a couple memories for me.

October, 1967: On my way home from high school, a friend driving by screeched to stop and asked if I was 18 and if I wanted a job. I said yes to both questions and he told me to jump in the car. As we drove to his house, then mine, he told me the personal manager from a large local printing factory had been driving through the area searching for workers.

Within an hour I was working my first real job at the end of an automated box folding line. I seemed destined for quick dismissal that first night for being too slow. It was all such a maze to me. By midway through the second night the complaints were that I was too fast. From there I moved up rapidly in what would become a five year career. My hiring was one way employers found workers in those days. Personnel managers actually went out looking daily if necessary for new workers. I've not seen a single such instance for a very long while.

The second memory the day labor site brings to mind is of great importance. It is very important for one reason, corruption.

While in high school there were two local day labor sites, and they were very legal. They exist to this day. They were Manpower Services and Kelly Services. Many of my classmates went there daily until they found work. Some worked in the fields, some in canning facilities, other found jobs doing clerical work.

I learned over a decade ago of the upstart unofficial day labor sites operating without licenses in Fresno, California. They could crop up on one corner one day, and be a few blocks away the next. The bosses hired only illegal aliens, and for good reason. They could be easily swindled with no avenue of recourse.

One day I met one of these bosses. We had a long conversation. At times it was terse, but for the most part respectful. He admitted to me that the farmers he took his laborers to were paying the legal wage, plus an extra fee for him for rounding-up the laborers.

What neither the farmers or laborers realized was that he was paying the illegal aliens much less than the prevailing minimum wage. The guy was pocketing money he told the workers was for taxes, transportation, and anything else he could dream up.

The bosses have never been prosecuted for operating a business without a license, tax evasion or never depositing taxes withheld, nor will they ever be prosecuted so long as they keep padding the pockets of corrupt government officials.

Such practices could never happen with the legitimate used by my high school classmates.

23 posted on 07/22/2007 12:34:59 AM PDT by backtothestreets (My bologna has a first name, it's J-O-R-G-E)
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To: backtothestreets

I live in the Philippines and you do not want to know how they handle illegal immigration here. Suffice to say, you do not want to be in their jail awaiting deportation.

I would suggest that a group of anti illegals make large signs and fliers that spell out the federal, state and local laws concerning hiring illegals. The fliers could point out the requirement to verify legal authorization to work in the U.S., the minimum wage that must be paid, the SSA and income taxes that must be paid and if paying on a 1099, the employers legal obligations.

Then make it clear on the signs that the vehicle license plate # is being recorded to turn over to the IRS to ensure that these taxes and /or legal requirements have been met by the employer.

Stay legal. Remain on the sidewalk and do not block entrances or exits. Place a flier in the hand of the employer or on the windsheild and ensure that he/she sees you take down the license #.

Make sure there are enough of you to avoid an assualt situation by the illegal workers or pro illegal protesters. Videotaping would be good for use in court if needed. Expect that someone will probably be arrested on a trumped up charge.

Lastly, try to get the local business owners to post the “rule” for hiring a day laborer. Maybe you can add the address and phone number of the local govt employment office in order for the employer to hire a legal employee. Keep the jobs going to legal employees.


24 posted on 07/22/2007 3:42:53 AM PDT by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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To: Ladycalif

Thank-you!!...Very encouraging!!!!!!


25 posted on 07/22/2007 3:59:47 AM PDT by Guenevere (Duncan Hunter for President 2008!!!)
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To: Tennessee Nana
DOJ was there to "mediate"? WTH??? More like keep an eye on the Minutemen!

DOJ should be at the day laborer site arresting employeers hiring illegals, rather than "mediating"! AG Gonzales needs to go, as does that loser Chertoff!

26 posted on 07/22/2007 4:49:09 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: donna

Beats making sure those at “day labor sites” are here legally, I guess.


27 posted on 07/22/2007 5:21:51 AM PDT by Lord Basil
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To: Ladycalif

Great pix!
Thanks for posting them.

Semper Fi,
Kelly


28 posted on 07/22/2007 5:54:29 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: Ladycalif

Ya’ll ROCK! Blackbird.


29 posted on 07/22/2007 5:58:09 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (I'm dug in, giving no more ground to the rino stampede. BB)
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To: Ladycalif

Great pics. What the hell is DOJ doing there? Probably protecting the rights of people who have no damn business being in this country rather than US citizens who are being invaded daily. Just like Congress catering and pandering to illegal aliens with the failed immigration fiasco last month, then are again pandering to illegals by claiming to protect them from the evil Minutemen. These are our hard earned tax dollars used against us again and again.


30 posted on 07/22/2007 6:03:35 AM PDT by Buffettfan (3rd Battalion, 6th Marines - 1971 - 1974)
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To: donna

Do you see their shirts? There was a “DOJ” logo on them.


31 posted on 07/22/2007 6:47:24 AM PDT by Ladycalif (Free The Texas 3 - Ramos, Compean and Hernandez)
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To: Ladycalif
Illegals are trying very hard to make this a racial issue.

It's not!!

32 posted on 07/22/2007 6:52:14 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: Ladycalif
Two Department of Justice personnel were there - they said they
have been assigned to "mediate all Minuteman rallies.'
Not sure what that was all about


I suppose it was NOT to find and detain Illegals amongst the
counter-protestors.

That would be too simple.

I'm not raggin' on a couple of DOJ grunts sent on "a fool's errand"
by their superiors.

I suspect their superiors (that support the Dubya-Kennedy-Brownback
approach) sent them to help counter protestors from doing anything
that would put them in a bad light.
Sort of like Public Relations Agents for Illegals.
33 posted on 07/22/2007 7:03:25 AM PDT by VOA
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To: Ladycalif

That fourth photo is blurry, but I’d swear it almost looks like
President David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert in FOX’s “24”) is still alive
but has gotten a severe demotion!
(just jokin’!)


34 posted on 07/22/2007 7:09:09 AM PDT by VOA
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To: Ladycalif

I’m not sure that means anything. I’ve got a T-shirt that says “FBI” but it’s just some corporation’s initials.

I still wonder if the DOJ is allowed to spy on citizens without a court order.

It might be worth making an official complaint.


35 posted on 07/22/2007 8:58:38 AM PDT by donna (They hand off my culture & citizenship to criminals & then call me racist for objecting?)
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To: donna

It’s interesting isn’t it? the DOJ can’t bother to monitor mosques.


36 posted on 07/22/2007 9:31:01 AM PDT by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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To: AuntB

Some federal employee claiming to “mediate” free speech is not Constitutional.

I’m wondering if she’s making a false claim of being a federal official and she should be prosecuted.

Maybe she’s La Raza.


37 posted on 07/22/2007 10:04:58 AM PDT by donna (They hand off my culture & citizenship to criminals & then call me racist for objecting?)
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To: Ladycalif

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38 posted on 07/22/2007 12:48:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum)
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To: Ladycalif

Bump!


39 posted on 07/22/2007 1:21:40 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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To: Neu Pragmatist; stephenjohnbanker; freekitty; donna; backtothestreets; Virginia Ridgerunner; ...
Here is a better picture of the person from the DOJ - see her shirt?
40 posted on 07/22/2007 4:38:23 PM PDT by Ladycalif (Free The Texas 3 - Ramos, Compean and Hernandez)
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