Have been thinking about that Oregon firefighter case and think an argument can be made against military support of ICE raids even with the weenie excuse, first used by security types during the Clinton administration, of "I feel threatened."
The company that employed him and the Washingtonians reportedly lost its contract. The idea behind that, of course, is to force companies to vet their workers more thoroughly.
So far, so good. But that stick can be used in other ways, too. As a shakedown for money and political support, for instance.
I'm not saying that this was the case with that firefighter company -- don't know a thing about it or about the business as a whole. Probably, like most businesses, it's all orderly and law abiding.
But federal law enforcement agencies are run by humans, not angels, and this administration is far from ideal and certainly not at all transparent.
I don't like illegal immigration because all citizens should follow the rules, including the rules on how to become a citizen.
But I have compassion for the majority of them because they can so easily find themselves in a form of slavery since they don't dare complain about wage nonpayment, abuse, etc., and thereby face deportation.
The threat of raids, especially military-style raids, AGAINST COMPETITORS, could put abusive but well-connected/paid-up employers in an even stronger and more secure position as well as please the powers that be by concentrating the slaves in just a few trusted hands.
Again, while the abuse of illegals definitely has been documented in several past instances, the rest of this is just speculation.
But in this administration, where for instance, two guys walk into the Copyright Office (a key source of proprietary business information) on a Monday morning in May, saying they're running it now -- like mafioso, even though their claims didn't pan out -- and it takes the Copyright Office's director until late September to get her job back, well, everything needs a second and third look.
Maybe instead of illegally deployed Guardsmen and Marines accompanying them in the streets and into our homes, workplaces, and firelines, ICE needs a Woodward-and-Bernstein-style investigation of its target selection choices, accountability procedures, etc., with willingness of the investigators to follow all leads and to continue up the chain of command, if needed, all the way up to and into the White House, if that's where a dirty trail ultimately leads.
It would have to be journalists, because politicians, the law enforcement sector (with some probable gutsy and praiseworthy exceptions), and businesses aren't going to investigate themselves.
And it might be going on right now, at least the preliminary steps, for all we know. Editors and reporters aren't going to show themselves in such a risky situation until the time is right.
Hey, what's wrong with hoping?
But in the meantime, sigh -- just so many victims...and so much ugly potential.
Meanwhile, hands off Oregon!
The company that employed him and the Washingtonians reportedly lost its contract. The idea behind that, of course, is to force companies to vet their workers more thoroughly.
So far, so good. But that stick can be used in other ways, too. As a shakedown for money and political support, for instance.
I'm not saying that this was the case with that firefighter company -- don't know a thing about it or about the business as a whole. Probably, like most businesses, it's all orderly and law abiding.
But federal law enforcement agencies are run by humans, not angels, and this administration is far from ideal and certainly not at all transparent.
I don't like illegal immigration because all citizens should follow the rules, including the rules on how to become a citizen.
But I have compassion for the majority of them because they can so easily find themselves in a form of slavery since they don't dare complain about wage nonpayment, abuse, etc., and thereby face deportation.
The threat of raids, especially military-style raids, AGAINST COMPETITORS, could put abusive but well-connected/paid-up employers in an even stronger and more secure position as well as please the powers that be by concentrating the slaves in just a few trusted hands.
Again, while the abuse of illegals definitely has been documented in several past instances, the rest of this is just speculation.
But in this administration, where for instance, two guys walk into the Copyright Office (a key source of proprietary business information) on a Monday morning in May, saying they're running it now -- like mafioso, even though their claims didn't pan out -- and it takes the Copyright Office's director until late September to get her job back, well, everything needs a second and third look.
Maybe instead of illegally deployed Guardsmen and Marines accompanying them in the streets and into our homes, workplaces, and firelines, ICE needs a Woodward-and-Bernstein-style investigation of its target selection choices, accountability procedures, etc., with willingness of the investigators to follow all leads and to continue up the chain of command, if needed, all the way up to and into the White House, if that's where a dirty trail ultimately leads.
It would have to be journalists, because politicians, the law enforcement sector (with some probable gutsy and praiseworthy exceptions), and businesses aren't going to investigate themselves.
And it might be going on right now, at least the preliminary steps, for all we know. Editors and reporters aren't going to show themselves in such a risky situation until the time is right.
Hey, what's wrong with hoping?
But in the meantime, sigh -- just so many victims...and so much ugly potential.
Meanwhile, hands off Oregon!
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