Too Little Too Late?
More Than 1,000 Undocumented Workers Arrested
by Jennifer Ludden
All Things Considered, April 20, 2006 ยท U.S. immigration officials announce their largest ever worksite enforcement action. In raids across the country, agents arrested more than 1,100 unauthorized employees at IFCO Systems, a distributor of wooden pallets. They also arrested seven officers of the company.
The executives are charged with conspiring to "harbor and induce illegal aliens to reside in the U.S." Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff says the operation is part of a shift in strategy aimed at reversing widespread tolerance for the use of illegal foreign workers.....
This action is politically expedient, performed by an administration that needs to show it is "doing something" about the issue. Much more needs done. Perhaps if the executives responsible for the recruiting and hiring of these illegals could be deported "sin dinero" to Guatemala....
by Jennifer Ludden
All Things Considered, April 20, 2006 ยท U.S. immigration officials announce their largest ever worksite enforcement action. In raids across the country, agents arrested more than 1,100 unauthorized employees at IFCO Systems, a distributor of wooden pallets. They also arrested seven officers of the company.
The executives are charged with conspiring to "harbor and induce illegal aliens to reside in the U.S." Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff says the operation is part of a shift in strategy aimed at reversing widespread tolerance for the use of illegal foreign workers.....
This action is politically expedient, performed by an administration that needs to show it is "doing something" about the issue. Much more needs done. Perhaps if the executives responsible for the recruiting and hiring of these illegals could be deported "sin dinero" to Guatemala....
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