Republican War On California?

[Nomad559]

http://www.apathy.net/stories/republican_war_on_california
As the Department of Homeland Security prepares for an assault on businesses that hire illegal immigrants, Californians in particular can look forward to economic and social devastation.

The San Francisco Chronicle has an editorial that really draws the issue into sharp contrast.

Within weeks, the Dept. of Homeland Security, in concert with the Social Security Administration, is planning to send out waves of "no match" letters to employers. If an employee's Social Security information does not match those on file with the federal government, the employer will be required to fire the worker within 90 days, if the discrepancy can't be resolved. If the worker isn't fired, the employer will be subject to a $2,200 fine per worker, and stiffer penalties later on.

California's agriculture industry has a hard time employing sufficient people to pick crops with the use of illegal immigrants. It will be downright impossible without them. Food will rot in the fields; farms will go bankrupt; and, prices in stores will skyrocket.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/19/EDP5RJAF9.DTL

[izzie]

1. It is a Dem. state. Why be shocked. Two more years of this

We have a lot of people who are sure they are right about every thing and they see the power going. So things will happen. I am sure that most of these far right people are in every agency in the federal govt. by now. Calif. is ripe for the picking.

[yurbud]

2. I don't have a lot of sympathy for those farmers. Pay an American wage and get American workers