Immigration raid catches nearly 600 illegals

Posted 27 Aug 2008 in illegal immigration

Good news in Mississippi.

LAUREL, Miss. — The largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history has caused panic among Hispanic families in this small southern Mississippi town, where federal agents rounded up nearly 600 plant workers suspected of being in the country illegally.

One worker caught in Monday’s sweep at the Howard Industries transformer plant said fellow workers applauded as immigrants were taken into custody.

Gee, I wonder why Americans would be happy to see illegal immigrants being arrested? Could it perhaps have to do with being fed up with…

Of course, no story of illegal immigration raids would be complete without the sob story element:

“We have kids without dads and pregnant mothers who got their husbands taken away,” said Velez’s son, Robert, youth pastor at the church. “It was like a horror story. They got handled like they were criminals.”

News flash: they ARE criminals. If they are here illegally, they are in violation of U.S. law. Hence, criminals.

And before Obama tries to demagogue the raid (as he did when he pandered to La Raza in July), let’s be clear that our law enforcement officials do NOT “terrorize” illegals nor treat them inhumanely:

About 100 of the 595 detained workers were released for humanitarian reasons, many of them mothers who were fitted with electronic monitoring bracelets and allowed to go home to their children, officials said.

About 475 other workers were transferred to an ICE facility in Jena, La. Nine who were under 18 were transferred to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

Speaking of law enforcement, I hope ICE officers (and the IRS) will be having a nice little chat with the employers of these illegal aliens.

Under the law, a company found guilty of employing illegal immigrants could lose public contracts for three years and the right to do business in Mississippi for a year.

The law also makes it a felony for an illegal immigrant to accept a job in Mississippi. A message was left with the district attorney’s office after hours seeking comment on whether he would use the law to bring state charges against Howard Industries or the workers.

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