Comments on: The Postville Raids: Ordinary (Non-Wingnut) Americans Stand Up To Abuses

By: elmoticky

elmoticky — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:10:06 +0000

Raids against these immigrants is nothing new to
me. I recall of these same incidents years ago in
Texas. When it was time to pay these workers by
large company employers, they simply called the
Migra. They were not illegal immigrants then, so
`la migra` simply drove them to the Mexican border
and told to go home. Here though, it is true that
a mole has to be at work, for a fee of course

By: mui1

mui1 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:25:05 +0000

not to mention the raid’s potential interference with an investigation into labor improprieties by the meatpacker who employed these Latinos – may yet get the full airing they deserve.
The plot thickens. Seems the employers are somewhat at odds with the their employees and the church. And then Heimat security decides to apprehend the “complaining” workers with one fell swoop.
I think it’s totally barbaric that that woman in the video has to wear an ankle bracelet. Ankle bracelets should be reserved for the likes of e.g. Scooter Libby, ex-gov Rowland, not some mother balancing a bunch of babies on each hip, waiting for the wages owed to her.

By: Watt4Bob

Watt4Bob — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:23:28 +0000

Yes, immigrants who want to organize are bad, those who come in to replace them after an ICE raid are good.

“There is always someone who will do the job, and not complain.”

In other words, the raids were most likely intended to keep workers down, not interfer with the employers God given right to cheap labor.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:50:07 +0000

hi and welcome, rockheadedmama

if ya need anything or have any questions, please feel free to ask

By: RockheadedMama

RockheadedMama — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:43:55 +0000

Glenn Greenwald discussed Sunstein’s remarks in his columns a couple of times; here is the link to one July 25

and another “of interest” link supplied by Greenwald
Sunstein marries

IMO, just the kind of response this town has made is the type of occasion when progressives should be enlarging the town’s calls to calls for investigations so that we can restore the Rule of Law and get Congress to figure out how to fashion appropriate legislation that will be effective in getting us out of the constitutional crises we are currently in….

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:16:03 +0000

I don’t have a link but that was supposedly said by Obama’s legal adviser Cass Sunstein during one of the Netroots Nation panels in Austin a couple of weeks ago.

By: Jim Clausen

Jim Clausen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:07:54 +0000

BTW,
The acting USA is Matt Dummermuth lately from The Civil Rights Division and was appointed during the firing scandal. 33 years old with no prior experience at cases. Sound familiar?

By: DWR1

DWR1 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:07:16 +0000

And if you are a low wage earner you’d probably resent illegal whites if they were willing to reduce your pay level also.

By: DWBartoo

DWBartoo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:05:04 +0000

No, but ’twas in reponse to Karl’s ‘rovings’ and his (Karl’s)inability to appear before Congress, if what wee memory bank I possess is still solvent … some days ago, around the time Obama opined that no ‘impeachable’ acts had occurred …

By: DWR1

DWR1 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:02:39 +0000

If you are a low wage earner in certain parts of the country, you probably do fear illegall hispanics who will work for lower wages than you can afford to or are willing to work for.