Raid Rumors Fuel Fear Among Immigrants
Thousands of illegal immigrants stayed home this week amid rumors of immigration roundups that federal officials say were unfounded, leaving some industries scrambling for workers.
Len Mills, executive vice president of Associated General Contractors of South Florida, estimated at least 50 percent of workers on construction jobs in the region had not shown up for work.
“This is costing millions of dollars a day, and I don’t know who is going to pay for it,” he said.
Rumors of random sweeps were rampant from coast to coast Friday, prompting many immigrants to stay home from work, take their children out of school and avoid church. Their absences added to immigrants’ fears, as some thought their friends and co-workers had been arrested.
If you were in this country legally – there would be nothing to fear.
Maybe the companies who employ illegal immigrants should create programs that help their workers become legal citizens? But then. . . they would have to pay them legal citizen fair wages. That would never do.
I wonder what this will do to the protest scheduled for May 1st?
you may not believe this but you can read about it, if you want?, “how big is the candidates Ball’s are!, yes this is not a joke, the big topical in Mexican elections is “how big is the candidates balls, AND I DON’T MEAN POLITICAL BALLS.:oops:
“If you were in this country legally – there would be nothing to fear.”
And if there weren’t people on your side whipping up fear and hatred of these migrants they might have less to fear as well.
The only ones who have to worry are those who are here in violation of the law. We have far too many of them coming over the border illegally and committing other crimes here as well. By definition they are not undocumented immigrants, they are ILLEGAL ALIENS. To support them in their efforts to go back and forth across the border withou regards for our laws can only be described as racist. How else do you describe taking a position wherein one race is told that they are exempt from following the same immigration laws that every other group of people who have immigrated here legally in the last 100 years (Irish, German, Italians, my Polish grandfather) have had to abide by?
BTW the local illegal Mexican activity report includes 100 lbs of crystal meth seized, on coyote shot and killed during a running gun battle on I-10, 8 aliens from the back of the truck that flipped were treated (at taxpayer expense) and then released back into the population. There have also been the usual array of assorted other drug busts, shootings, home invasions that always seem to involve illegal aliens.