| Thursday, March 09, 2006 |
| The House Tries to Make Illegal Immigration, Well, Illegal |
Today, I called a supplier in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The company is a metal stamping workshop that is located next door to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. I called to arrange an expedite shipment. I know that is horribly boring information, but here's what's interesting: I was told that the truck should pick up as early as possible because 75 of the approximate 99 employees will be absent tomorrow afternoon in order to attend a rally in Chicago. The supplier will hold paychecks until 12:30 PM to make certain that the 75 employees will at least work a few hours.
You see, tomorrow, thousands of marchers are expected to gather in Chicago to protest a bill recently passed in the House of Representatives that is intended to penalize people who knowingly "assist" or "encourage" illegal immigrants to stay in the country. The Senate is working its own bill that will amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include a penalty of $20,000 for companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Nearly 12 million illegal immigrants live in the US, with 500,000 entering every year.
Too little too late? For national security purposes we need to plug the holes. But more importantly, at least for me, is that hiring illegal immigrants will do nothing more than create a second class community where the lines between it and slavery are awful blurry. |
posted by Joe Napalm @ 9:59 PM   |
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