posted on December 12, 2006 11:45:20 PM new
About time...and I wish this would be done in each and EVERY state.
Get these illegals out of here BEFORE the dems give them fully anmesty.
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Illegal Workers Arrested In 6-State ID Theft Sweep
By Spencer S. Hsu and Krissah WilliamsWashington Post Staff WritersWednesday, December 13, 2006; A01
Federal agents targeting illegal immigrants raided meatpacking plants in six states yesterday, arresting hundreds of workers on the uncommon charge of identity theft and shutting down the world's second-largest meat processing company for much of the day.
About 1,000 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with search warrants entered plants owned by Swift & Co., of Greeley, Colo., charging that "large numbers" of workers illegally assumed the identities of U.S. citizens or legal residents by using their Social Security numbers to get work, ICE officials said.
Company and union officials said agents, some dressed in riot gear, locked down six beef- and pork-processing plants early in the morning, segregating workers into groups of citizens and non-citizens after questioning. Some illegal workers were bused to detention facilities hours away, labor officials said.
ICE officials would not say how many people were arrested, pending a news conference today in Washington. About 90 percent of Swift's 15,000 U.S. employees work in three shifts at the plants, company officials said.
The crackdown was another step in the federal government's campaign against illegal immigration, and like some recent raids it targeted job sites, the magnet drawing many of the nearly 12 million illegal immigrants. But the move was unusual for several reasons.
U.S. authorities cast the 11-month investigation as an attack on identity theft, not on typical immigration violations. Swift officials were not charged, despite recent administration vows to get tough on companies as well as workers.
And how many times have liberals/dems here ARGUED that ILLEGALS CAN'T get SS #'s to be able to get access to all SORTS of entitlement programs?
WRONG AGAIN.
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"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
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posted on December 12, 2006 11:50:25 PM new
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posted on December 13, 2006 08:30:47 AM newBeware of illegal aliens seeking hazmat licenses
By Michelle Malkin
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
What's the harm in allowing illegal aliens to have driver's licenses? After all, they're just all here innocently doing the jobs Americans won't do, right?
And since they're already here, we might as well let them drive legally, right?
We'll all be safer, right? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
In this undated image taken from unclassified Defense Department video, filed with the court by defense lawyers Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, terrorism suspect Jose Padilla is shown handcuffed and shackled during his military detention. Padilla and two co-defendants are charged with being part of a North American support cell that provided money, supplies and recruits to Islamic extremists worldwide. (AP Photo/U.S. Government)
Driver's licenses are tickets into the American mainstream.
They allow residents to establish an identity and foothold into their communities.
They help you open bank accounts, enter secure facilities, board planes -- and drive tractor-trailers carrying hazardous materials.
But there aren't any illegal aliens out there who would use fraudulently obtained driver's licenses to threaten Americans, right? That's just xenophobic scare-mongering, right?
Wrong again.
Last week, law enforcement officials arrested an illegal alien enrolled at a Smithfield, R.I., tractor-trailer training school who was trying to obtain a commercial driver's license and permit to haul hazardous materials.
Not many people paid attention. You should. Illegal alien Mohammed Yusef Mullawala, 28, of Jamaica, N.Y., had obtained driver's licenses from New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. He was reportedly in a hurry to get a commercial driver's license and a permit to haul hazardous cargo.
Because he's just so passionate about the job, right? Yeah.
A joint investigation was initiated by investigators from the Rhode Island State Fusion Center, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Joint Terrorism Task Force in Rhode Island, New York & New Jersey, and the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after driver's school officials became concerned about his suspicious behavior.
"His behavior was consistent with terrorist-type activity," Maj. Steve O'Donnell of the Rhode Island state police told the press.
"He showed no interest in learning the fine art of driving a tractor-trailer. He had no interest in learning how to back up." Sort of like learning how to steer a plane, but not take off or land.
As in several other cases since 9/11, it was alert private citizens who notified the Department of Homeland Security of Mullawala's suspicious behavior. (They will no doubt be labeled Islamophobes and bigots by the usual grievance-mongering mob.)
And once again, it was enforcement of immigration laws that played a critical role in detaining him. Like some of the 9/11 hijackers and several al Qaeda operatives identified in the United States over the past decade, Mullawala was here on a temporary student visa that he had overstayed.
Must I remind you that the 9/11 hijackers obtained some 364 separate pieces of identification, including driver's licenses, in order to conduct their murderous business?
Hijackers Hani Hanjour and Khalid Almihdhar conspired with illegal alien day laborers at a Falls Church, Va., 7-Eleven to obtain government-issued photo IDs.
Three other hijackers obtained IDs at an Arlington, Va., DMV.
Terrorist truck bombs have killed hundreds of Americans in Beirut, at the Khobar Towers, and Iraq. For the operatives behind the wheel, a license to drive is a license to kill.
Over the past two years, the FBI has put law enforcement officials on high alert for U.S.-based operatives connected to al Qaeda who may be in possession of commercial driver's licenses and may be planning to use truck bombs.
In Boston, suspected al Qaeda agent and illegal alien Nabil al-Marabh obtained a license permitting him to drive semi-trucks containing hazardous materials, including explosives and caustic materials.
In Minneapolis, suspected al Qaeda operative Mohamad Elzahabi, who obtained a green card through a fake marriage, was able to obtain a commercial driver's license to drive a school bus and to haul hazardous materials -- despite FBI knowledge that Elzahabi had been tied to terrorism.
Earlier this year, more than 200 Somalian and Bosnian immigrants illegally obtained Missouri commercial driver's licenses or certifications to handle hazardous materials through a West Plains truck-driving school that had a contract with the state, according to federal prosecutors.
In just a few short weeks, Democrats led by Nancy Pelosi -- a staunch opponent of strengthened ID laws and strict immigration enforcement -- will reassume power in Washington. An open borders-friendly White House has expressed willingness to deal with them. So we know who supports illegal alien workers and potential terrorist drivers waiting for amnesty.
But who will stand up for us?
Michelle Malkin makes news and waves with a unique combination of investigative journalism and incisive commentary. She is the author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild
posted on December 13, 2006 10:35:54 AM new
I heard recently that most illegals live in the city and if they cant obtain a driver license ,they wont be able to shop at Walmart as most Walmart stores are not along city bus routes.
Is this right??
posted on December 13, 2006 11:02:53 AM new
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posted on December 13, 2006 11:43:03 AM new
Most of the illegals in NJ are going south to get credentials. This is the type of crime that should have huge penalties, akin to supplying felons with weapons.
