Immigration raids catch citizens and legal residents

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: The Dallas Morning News

Two U.S. citizens and one legal permanent resident were among those arrested last month in Mount Pleasant, Texas, during a federal immigration crackdown targeting identity fraud at poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride.

One 19-year-old citizen was taken from her home while still in her pajamas, and an 18-year-old citizen was shackled at his ankles, handcuffed at his wrists and tied at his waist, said the arrested workers and a relative. All three speak mostly Spanish.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, contends that such arrests are rare and that when it does happen, citizens are immediately released.

But across the U.S., reports of arrests and detentions of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents are increasing.



Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/051008dnnatraids.3c69dea.html?npc

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Just more evidence...

That ICE is an agency completely out of control.

[Fumesucker]

2. Can you name a law enforcement agency that is *not* out of control? n/t

[ArbustoBuster]

7. Maybe FEMA.

They don't bother to do anything at all.

[MountainLaurel]

9. FEMA's not a law enforcement agency n/t

[EFerrari]

3. Of course they're getting caught up in these sweeps.

We called it months ago.

[LynnTheDem]

4. "reports of arrests and detentions of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents are increasing"

I'm proud to be American, where at least I know I'm...ummm...never mind.

[evilkumquat]

5. But... But I'm Sure They Had Wacky Adventures Getting Back!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092690/

Wacky, I tell you!

[treestar]

6. People working in a chicken factory

Are so dangerous to this country!

:sarcasm:

What a waste of money. They ought to be arming the troops better, or giving it to the hospitals, or the schools, or something constructive, rather than the hopeless fight against human migration, a perfectly natural thing which has always affected us all and usually to the good.

[AndyTiedye]

8. Cheech and Chong Did a Song about That Sort of Thing

Born in East LA

(Cheech:)
Took a walk to the corner store
Just to buy a loaf of bread and a box of s`mores
Up pulled a guy in a yellow van
Shiny gold badge flashing in his hand

(Chong:)
He said, alright all you mohuddles down here
I want you all to hit the floor
I got one thing to ask you and nothing more
So answer in English, if you can
Where were ya born, man

(Cheech:)
Huh? Where was I born?

(Chong:)
That`s right, I said
Where were ya born?

(Cheech:)
Hey, are you one of those dudes who do horoscopes, man
Hey, I`m a Cancer with a bad moon rising

(Chong:)
Look here Alfago, watch my lips
Where were ya born?

(Cheech:)
I was BORN IN EAST L.A.
Man, I was BORN IN EAST L.A.

(Chong:)
Oh yeah, you were BORN IN EAST L.A.
Let`s see your green card

(Cheech:)
Huh? Green card?
I`m from East LA

(Chong:)
Alright, then who`s President of the United States

(Cheech:)
Oh, that`s easy, man
That guy that used to be on Death Valley Days, John Wayne

(Chong:)
Alright, let`s go, come on

(Cheech:)
Next thing I know, I`m in a foreign land
People talkin so fast, I couldn`t understand
There was nobody there to lend a helping hand
I was cold, it was dark where is a burger stand

I want to go back to East LA
I wish I was back in East LA
I don`t belong here in downtown T.J.
Cause I was born in East LA, ole

I crawled under barbed wire, swam across a stream
Rode in six different trucks packed like a sardine
Walked all day in the burning sun
Now I know what it`s like to be born to run

Up ahead was the promised land
Shining like a star just beyond my hand
All I could see was a golden door
I looked up, a sign said five billion sold

And I was back in East LA
Yes, I was back in East LA
You know I`m never gonna stray
Cause I was born in East LA, oh LA

(adlibs with I'm a low rider rocker in East LA, oh LA)

EAST LA!!!

[AznLittleBile]

10. we've seen it all

How inept.

[GetTheRightVote]

11. I am sad this has happen to US citizen but at the same time I know so many Illegals

using citizen information while citizens get paid for it that I for one am not surprised it happens.
They are only trying to do their jobs and illegals and the citizens/employers who help them need to stop breaking the laws of this nation. They do not get deported without a background check anyway but what else can these officials do, they have to get the illegals out of our country and send them back home end of story.

[AlphaCentauri]

12. I'll question the criteria used to determine who is not a citizen

like any citizen who looks like a latino or dress with boots and sombrero for those agents become an instant suspect.