Writer observes anti-illegal hypocrisy
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Ron Charest
Published: April 17, 2008
Am I the only person who notices the hypocrisy of the “illegal is illegal” anti-immigration crowd? The same set of USCIS rules and regulations that require an immigrant to have work authorization in the form of a special visa also prohibits Americans from hiring people without work authorization.
In other words; It is illegal for a resident of Prince William County to hire a person who is not authorized to work in this country.
I have to wonder how many county residents demanding to have all “illegal-immigrants” arrested and deported are meanwhile hiring “illegals” for labor at below-market wages? I wonder if our Prince
William County residents hiring “illegal-immigrants” abide by labor laws and deduct federal and state income tax withholdings, Social Security taxes, Medicare and workman’s comp insurance?
I do have concerns about the number of people living and working in this county without proper visas. My concerns revolve around the basic human rights of receiving fair wages and treatment for an
honest days work. Under the present toxic environment, created in no small part by the actions of people including Corey Stewart and Greg Letiecq, receiving these basic human rights are probable at best for thousands in our county.
In my opinion, based upon my observations, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Letiecq and others of that crowd are merely using the excuse of “illegal Immigration” to promote discrimination and advance their personal careers. Instead of working to bring our community together, they have divided us. By demagoging our Hispanic community, Mr. Stewart and his enablers have wasted millions of our tax dollars at a time when the county is struggling to fund basic services, filled up the county jails with non-violent “criminals,” decimated local businesses, and badly damaged the reputation of our community across the
United States. All done under the banner of “illegal is illegal.”
Yet nothing is being done about our fellow citizens breaking the law by illegally hiring undocumented workers. I have to wonder: why?
RON CHAREST
Dale City
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Posted by ( Mike ) on April 24, 2008 at 7:42 am
Ron said - “When I hear you folks demand the arrests of businesses for illegal labor practices as loudly as I heard demands for arrests of the workers, calls for boycotts and picketing of those businesses, I’ll stop seeing hypocrisy.“
Open thy eyes and you shall see!
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Posted by ( RonCharest ) on April 23, 2008 at 9:14 pm
T Dawg,
I can’t hear you because of all the people jumping up screaming “Oh-My-God Disease-Ridden Vermin-Infested Zapatisa Infiltrators!“
Get those people out of the equation. Then perhaps those of us concerned about the human dignity of desperately poor people being exploited by unscrupulous employers can find middle ground with those of you who are concerned about unscrupulous employers conspiring to bring America to her knees.
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Posted by ( barnun ) on April 23, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Ron,
you do have one valid point in there. I think the anti illegal group are all for fines against the employers. We should get the save manassas group to start reporting any known employers of illegals so ICE will know where to go and the rest of us will know where not to. About the fib, you did infact make your statement as if you knew the answer to be factual truth, instead you just ASSumed.
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Posted by ( T Dawg ) on April 23, 2008 at 2:31 pm
roncharest,
I have seen many from the ‘anti-illegal-alien’ side voice their opinion that those hiring illegals be arrested and fined if not imprisoned. I make that same argument often as I believe they are conspiring to bring America to her knees. I have written that argument on this forum in addition to several other forums and have read and heard that policy be used as another front in the fight against illegal aliens. You answer the problem you have when you write, “I don’t hear you ...“
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Posted by ( RonCharest ) on April 23, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Barnun,
Yes, ONE business owner has now been fined - after my earlier comment was posted. The man was not fined at the time of my comment, and this newspaper did not previously publish the fact that the owner of the company raided was in fact arrested - go research that yourself.
Perhaps some enterprising Potomac News reporter read my LTE above, and thought I might have a valid point?
My position is that the local PWC people pushing for divisive actions against our Hispanic community are not equally loud in demanding actions aginst those who illegally hire them. Nothing in today’s article changes my position, or the truth of my letter above.
I still don’t hear you, or others in your “anti-Illegal-Immigration” group demand punative actions or boycotts, nor see you conduct picketing, against companies openly hiring “Illegal-Immigrants.“ Why not?
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Posted by ( barnun ) on April 23, 2008 at 10:56 am
So Ron, did you happen to read the article in todays paper that an employer of the illegals from the recent ICE bust was fined ? Ron, you stated above “The owners of those businesses were neither fined nor arrested for illegal labor practices” please quit printing false information to support your false cause.
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Posted by ( barnun ) on April 21, 2008 at 10:43 am
I’ve always and repeatedly stated to fine the employers. Even if the illegals were not arrested, the employers should be fined immediately. let them hire the same illegal and then fine them again, and again. That would be one good step for funding enforcement.
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Posted by ( RonCharest ) on April 20, 2008 at 10:30 am
Folks,
The USCIS recently conducted raids on local businesses that resulted in the arrests and imprisonment of dozens of undocumented workers. The owners of those businesses were neither fined nor arrested for illegal labor practices.
I’ve heard a lot of cheering from the “Illegal is Illegal” crowd over the raids and imprisonment of Hispanics, but - Nothing - about the fact that business owners were not treated in a similar fashion for conducting illegal labor practices.
When I hear you folks demand the arrests of businesses for illegal labor practices as loudly as I heard demands for arrests of the workers, calls for boycotts and picketing of those businesses, I’ll stop seeing hypocrisy.
Your ball.
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Posted by ( hacenedb ) on April 19, 2008 at 11:46 am
I agree with you. Fear gets easy votes at the expense of the community. I have already commented by it did not appear. May be someone noticed…
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Posted by ( BTAR ) on April 19, 2008 at 12:04 am
Actually there is a form the employer can fill out when using a (day laborer) with no SSN or paper work. What we need to do is secure the borders. Trying to find and deport 12 - 20 million people will be extremely hard to do and cost many $. Secure the borders FIRST.
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