125 Illegal Workers Found at Wal-Mart Site

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Why would Walmart know or even care if the contractors hired Illegals? The contract goes to the lowest bid just like every other building job.
 

blade_x

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SCRANTON, Pa. - An immigration raid at a Wal-Mart distribution center under construction led to the arrests of 125 illegal workers, all of whom will be deported, federal officials said Friday.
Unless wal mart has started building its own stores (which I sorta doubt) I would assume this is a building contractors problem rather than a wal mart problem. But in the rush to blame wal mart the left will overlook these inconvenient facts.
 

BoatBuoy

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And how is this a left/right issue?
 

Kenneth Brown

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I understand that Walmart is not hiring the illegals directly. Some need to understand that on almost EVERY Walmart construction illegals are caught. It appears to me that maybe Walmart should investigate a little closer.
 

blade_x

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Originally posted by Kenneth Brown:<br /> I understand that Walmart is not hiring the illegals directly. Some need to understand that on almost EVERY Walmart construction illegals are caught. It appears to me that maybe Walmart should investigate a little closer.
and every person in the US that has died in the last 50 years has eaten CARROTS!!! Maybe we should investigate that as well?
 

Boomyal

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Originally posted by BoatBuoy:<br /> And how is this a left/right issue?
Because the Left hates big business. They will condem Walmart for having any association with any contractors who hire illegals while Leftist legal organizations and Democratic constituants fight like crazy to prevent the Federal government from stopping illegal immigration.<br /><br />That's how it is a political issue.
 

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And how is this a left/right issue?
It is a political issue since illegal immigration isn't being stopped and the laws against it are being ignored. Almost exclusively by politicians, for political reasons or big business for economical reasons.<br />Specifically it isn't a left /right issue since both the left and right exploit this issue equally.<br />
It appears to me that maybe Walmart should investigate a little closer.
I'm having a hard time holding Walmart to higher standards than my own government and the agencys that are paid to investigate, and enforce immigration laws, borders and illegal aliens.
 

Boomyal

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Well said Skinnywater! And unfortunately illegal immigration has become a scab on the Republican party as well. It's GW's quest to garner the latino vote that has caused him to ignore the issue but that is a fairly recent phenom. The problem is decades old and initially shoved under the carpet by the Democrats.
 

Kenneth Brown

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Blade- I'm gonna try to do this one time only. Find you somebody else to fork with. I'm not your biatch. You're 50yo so you should know how to play fair and keep personal attacks and ridicule out of it. So far hear on Iboats you have not only pizzed off the leftists but also quite a few of the rights too. I would like to add that you did it all in only 40 posts too. I appreciate your viewpoints. You have me figured wrong as I am on the right. Hopefully you will wake up on the right side of the bed and understand this is not a fight, just a discussion.
 

blade_x

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Maybe I should have attributed my quotation above as it was made by Rush Limbaugh in reference to useless investigations by the dems. My bad, I thought it would be recognized. And yes, I DO tend to occasionally use sarcasm to get my point across.
 

FSHKPR

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OH BOY HERE THEY GO AGAIN!!!!
 

Kenneth Brown

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Nope. Me and Blade are going to get along just fine. <br /><br /><br />By the way Blade, my wife is the same age as your GF, and I'm just slightly jealous. :)
 

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Originally posted by BoatBuoy:<br /> And how is this a left/right issue?
Everything on this site has to be a left/right issue. :rolleyes:
 

Fly Rod

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:) What do you expect from a company that will no longer display the words "MERRY XMAS"!!!!!<br /><br />Now there is two good reasons to boycott 'WALMARTS"!!!<br /><br />and a 3rd is that most of their junk comes from "CHINA" ;) :cool:
 

KaGee

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I'm with you Skinnywater. Excellent points.
 

Fly Rod

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:) It's always better to be pissed off then pissed on!!!<br /><br /><br />And to think that we still vote these politicians back into office!!!! ;) :cool:
 

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Disclaimer: this rant is not directed at the originator of this post. It is directed at the I.C.E. and their preferences for arrest sites.<br /><br /><br />Pottsville?????<br />Chile, please! Pottsville may get a nice slice of the illegal werker pie,just as all places do. But when weighed against the pipeline of ilegal labor funneled-thru Texas, Colorado, Florida,California -- Pottsville,PA is not even on the radar! WTF is the I.C.E. doing in POTTSVILLE, busting only 125 illegals anyhow, hmmm?!<br /><br /> Add to this the presumeably "at-random" target of a WalMart under construction and -- Well, let's just say I smell a large rat!<br /><br />These "agents" should pay a visit to Tice or Bonita Springs, Florida someday! Jeeez! Let's see them raid WCI land developement (which actually does all it can to insure legals only in it's hiring practices)! Even with their policies "strictly enforced", they can't stop the forgery industry here or anywhere else!<br /><br />Of course, the I.C.E. NEVER will. It may destroy some political tool in a future election or something.<br />Does anyone else wonder why there are no "arrests and deportations" taking-place in Immokalee,Florida off-season -- much less, DURRING it??? :mad: <br /><br />It all should scream something (and i wont say what) at America!<br />Still don't smell a rat? Walmart just reported RECORD profits yesterday!!<br />No wonder Bush wants to clean house in these top-heavy "government" agencies! And whoever the prez is in 2008,be he/she dem/rebup, i hope they take the batton and run hard with it. :rolleyes: <br /><br />OK, i am done editting this one..Whew! I feel better now.
 

blade_x

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Originally posted by Kenneth Brown:<br /> Nope. Me and Blade are going to get along just fine. <br /><br /><br />By the way Blade, my wife is the same age as your GF, and I'm just slightly jealous. :)
Im glad to hear that. It was never my intent to oink you off dood. Maybe yank yer chain a wee bit but thats about it, lol. My online "homes" the last several years have been conservative political discussion forums and ummm I know I can be a bit opinionated. I dont think Im the nazi another guy has already called me though. Im actually much more of a (conservative) libertarian. But I dont take him seriously as he didnt have any facts just ad hominem attacks. <br /><br />My ex was the closest to my own age at 6 years younger than me. But since I started dating again the ladies have always been 12-20 years younger than me. It not only keeps me energized but gives me a good reason to stay on the diet and exercising. ;)
 
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Originally posted by Blade_X:<br />
Originally posted by Kenneth Brown:<br /> Nope. Me and Blade are going to get along just fine. <br /><br /><br />
My online "homes" the last several years have been conservative political discussion forums and ummm I know I can be a bit opinionated. <br /><br /><br />My ex was the closest to my own age at 6 years younger than me. But since I started dating again the ladies have always been 12-20 years younger than me. It not only keeps me energized but gives me a good reason to stay on the diet and exercising. ;)
Opinionated, self-involved, reactionery and a close perosnal friend of mine. ;) :p :p
 
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