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Posted on 04/01/2009 12:58:48 PM PDT by pissant
WASHINGTON, April 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty-eight illegal alien workers recently arrested during an ICE worksite enforcement effort at the Yamato Engine Specialist plant in Bellingham, Wash., have just been released and granted work authorization. This event -- the most revealing in a recent series of actions signaling a major shift in policy -- now confirms that the Obama Administration has abandoned meaningful immigration enforcement in the workplace.
Instead of expanding immigration enforcement at the workplace against all those who have broken U.S. laws, this administration has indicated it will focus its efforts only against the employers. The Bellingham illegal alien release highlights the administration's decision to affirmatively dismantle worksite enforcement and undermines the rule of law. It also send a clear message to illegal aliens that there are no penalties for getting caught, possibly even rewards in the form of work authorization.
"The actions of the Obama administration represent a complete capitulation to the demands of the illegal alien lobby," charged Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). In the aftermath of the raid on the Yamato plant, advocates for illegal aliens demanded that further raids be curtailed. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano responded by saying she had "grave concerns" about the enforcement effort and announced plans to reassess worksite enforcement strategies.
"This administration has gutted worksite enforcement policies and ignored its duty to enforce the laws of this country," Stein continued. "By giving in to the demands of the illegal alien lobby, the administration has turned its back on struggling workers in this country who are eager to fill jobs now occupied by illegal aliens."
"Worksite enforcement depends on holding illegal aliens and the employers who hire them accountable, but the administration is only tackling part of the problem.
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Gggrrrrrrrr
So why should American citizens obey the law??
I’m not advocating vigilantism, but I can see why people sometimes feel there is no other alternative.
I will be so glad to see April 2nd come.
April Fools is wearing thin on me.
As much as I detest people/companies who hire illegals, this fits nicely with Barry’s *destroy capitalism* crusade.
Beat me to it.
Anarchy is anarchy.
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em
As poor as Bush was on the border fence, etc. - the ICE raids under Bush were sure ramped up after the illegal’s issue got big (thanks to our hero Duncan Hunter).
I wonder if Obama can get discounted apartment rentals for housing of released illegals AND terrorists?
May-hee-cans?
Simple: because you don’t vote Democrat.
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