In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
It's a Starting Point
By Janet Evans
Saturday, May 24 2008, 08:24 PM
"The illegal immigrants, most from Guatemala, filed into the courtrooms in groups of 10, their hands and feet shackled. "
That resulting from the raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Iowa.
What happened next?
297 of the illegal immigrants pleaded guilty after “admitting they had taken jobs using fraudulent Social Security cards or immigration documents.”
270 of them received prison sentences of five months, with immediate deportation after the sentence is completed.
Too harsh?
Do any of you feel that way?
I hope not.
Illegals
Some criminals spend more time than that in jail waiting for a speedy trial.
The raid just happened on May 12th.
More importantly, let their families talk.
Let them know the United States is finally going to begin to take a stance.
But wait, there's so much more.
You see, this is so much larger than the illegals alone in cases like this.
What about the businesses hiring the illegals….
“In Postville, workers from the plant, still feeling aftershocks from the raid, said conditions there were often harsh. In interviews, they said they were often required to work overtime and night shifts, sometimes up to 14 hours a day, but were not consistently paid for the overtime. “
"We knew what time we would start work but we did not know what time we would finish," said Élida, 29, a Guatemalan who was arrested in the raid and then released to care for her two children. She asked that her last name not be published because she is in this country illegally.
“A 16-year-old Guatemalan girl, who asked to be identified only as G.O. because she is illegal and a minor and was not involved in the raid, said she had been working the night shift plucking chickens. "When you start, you can't stay awake," she said. "But after a while you get used to it."
16-year olds working the night shift plucking chickens?
Who else should be in prison here, and longer than 5 months!
Read the story from World Bulletin à here
