Another Token Immigration Raid
by Jeff Davis
Whenever our government tries to sneak through an amnesty bill, they first try to lull us into a false sense of security with a few token immigration raids. Right now, our Senate is trying to shove through the “Dream Act” –another treasonous mass amnesty bill. All patriotic Americans should go here and tell their Senators to vote against the “Dream Act.” While preparing to give amnesty to millions, our government rounded up a mere 51 illegals in Iowa.
The Associated Press reports from Des Moines, Iowa that “Fifty-one workers were arrested during an immigration raid at six DeCoster egg farms in Wright County, where agents have conducted several other raids in recent years, federal officials said Thursday.” In other words, the employers clearly don’t get the message, they keep on hiring illegals, and none of them are sitting in jail cells for repeatedly breaking the law.
The AP article notes “The workers, most of them from Mexico, have been transported to various detention facilities in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and elsewhere, said Tim Counts, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A judge will decide their fate at deportation hearings in Omaha, Nebraska… Federal agents conducted the 2 1/2-hour raid Wednesday. Some of the workers, including some juveniles and parents, were released and told to appear for their scheduled hearings.” Thanks to overcrowded prisons, it’s common for less dangerous prisoners to go free. (more…)