Wednesday, March 07, 2007

It's always about the children

My Way News - Children Stranded After Immigration Raid:
"Immigration officials said 327 of the 500 employees of Michael Bianco Inc., mostly women, were detained Tuesday by immigration officials for possible deportation as illegal aliens."

What Massachusett officials described as "a widespread humanitarian crisis" saw them scrambling to arrange care for up to a hundred children of the illegal aliens arrested. Still, federal authorities released 45 illegal aliens who said they were the sole caregivers to their children.

Make no mistake, I care about children. I especially care about the children of American citizens and legal aliens whose parents are priced out of the labor market by the cynical exploitation of illegal foreign workers in sweatshop conditions as described at the Bianco factory.

As for those children whose parents were arrested in this long overdue enforcement action, the federal authorities should fast-track their repatriation along with their parents to their home countries.

And by the way, there is a guest worker program under which persons form countries like Mexico can legally enter and work for a definite period and then return home. News reports indicate that the quota for this program remains unfilled year after year because people prefer to come here illegally and work here indefinitely.

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