Feds Stage Token Raids against Illegals
by Jeff Davis
Our immigration service ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which replaced the old INS post 9/11) is making some interesting token immigration raids, although I really would like to know how many of these illegal aliens, they bust, stay arrested, and how many are quietly kicked out the door of the police station once the TV crews shut off their cameras and go away. But what’s really interesting is they’re starting to bust some of the businessmen who are employing the illegals as well as aiding and abetting them in various other ways. The employers and enablers getting busted so far have been small fry however. The very large Hormel Corporation wasn’t charged or even fined over that big raid the Feds did in Colorado last winter.
Newsday reports that “Fourteen travel agency owners or employees were indicted on human smuggling and other charges, accused of selling airline tickets they thought would be used by illegal immigrants….The charges were connected only to the sale of tickets to undercover officers, but authorities said a record analysis showed that six travel agencies sold tickets to an estimated 6,800 illegal immigrants since mid-2005.” So much for the myth of the “poor” but honest immigrant sneaking over the border fence in a desperate bid to make a better life for his family. These illegals were sufficiently well off in Mexico that they could afford airline tickets to come into this country to steal our jobs and benefits. (more…)