You are probably right re Guatemalan immigrants. Definitely right about Bush, Congress, etc. This is not what the article said however. It said that the wives and children were here, the people they arrested were the workers. They had a choice of going to jail for 5 months then being sent back or going to jail and await trial and they might go to jail for a lot longer. Twenty years sticks in my mind, then deportation. No question, the world is a very cruel place. And while the men are in jail, the women and children have no means of support.
It is difficult to know to whom one should give more sympathy. They people who came illegally or the people waiting for years, all over the world, to come legally. Or the people who lose high paying jobs because immigrants will do it so much cheaper. Illegal immigrants are the new slave class. Nothing we ought to be proud of.
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The Guatemalans will most likely be deported after a short jail term.No. The Guatemalans will be held for a few days and then sent back by bus. They'll visit their friends and families for a week or two, and then they'll be right back here again. INS knows that. The Guatemalans see it as a free trip to their homes.The plant owners will most likely get a slap on the wrist.No. The plant owners will call their Congress critters, who will call the directors at INS, who will call the inspectors, who will forget about any fines.The whole "deporting illegal workers" is just a charade, played out for the benefit of those who want enforcement of silly laws. They get to think something is being done, but in really, the opposite happens.Bush and the GOP talk about standing tall on "protecting the borders". It's just bullshit for racists. After Bush came into office, the budget for enforcement was cut by 90%.Why? To lower the costs of labor for owners of factories, agriculture, construction, restaurants, and hotels.yrs, andreas andreas.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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