$540,000 seized from city motel owners[for harboring illegal aliens]

VALLEY MORNING STAR ^ | December 8, 2007 | FERNANDO DEL VALLE

[SwinneySwitch]

Have a nice day!

[ErnBatavia]

The owners gotta be related to the Patel clan of Super 8 fame...

[purpleraine]

we need to remove all incentives for being or helping illegals.

[Glenn]

to the Patel clan

Would this be the Patel clan of Dalton, Georgia, 22 of which were arrested as owners of convenience stores that sold a little too much ephedrine and wooden matches?

[unixfox]

So...it IS all about the money.

[redstateconfidential]

Patel is Smith.

[Glenn]

Patel is Smith.

Exactly.

[Liberty Valance]

Travel post review:

“We always stay at this hotel. The staff is always friendly and very helpful. They make our stay enjoyable and try to accommodate us as much as possible.”

http://www.travelpost.com/hotels/Hudson_House_Motel/h60872

“accommodate as much as possible” indeed :o)

[SwinneySwitch]

Valle ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.

[VOA]

Take their money for the fine.
If they are still under immigration oversight, deport them back to
their country of origin.

And make sure it gets on all the major media outlets.

[AliVeritas]

ping

[dragnet2]

Only about 2 million businesses left to go.

[BurbankKarl]

Now we are talking! Lots of opportunities to grab properties in the Southwest along the Underground Ferrocarril

[wolfcreek]

Come Again!

[Veggie Todd]

Come Again!

We'll keep the light on for you!

[mvpel]

[RGVTx]

Patel is Smith.

Please explain?

I am curious about what you mean because one of those motels used to be owned by a Smith family.

[Cowboy Bob]

Rakeshkumar Bhakta, 40, and wife Alka Bhakta, 35

Somebody need to check the immigration status on these people!

[PapaBear3625]

He means that Patel is as common an Indian name as Smith is an English name. There are lots of Patels

The tactic of heavy fines sounds like it will be effective. It gives the enforcement agencies an incentive to go after businesses that hire and shield illegal aliens

[SwinneySwitch]

and Kamleshkumar Bhakta, 32, and wife Falguniben Bhakta, 30, owners of the Country Side Inn motel