Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Report: Farmland Foods Cracks Down On Illegal Workers, Finally


We were shocked to read that this past week, a Democrat state representative in next door Iowa, who happens to also be running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, said if the underage migrants who have come to the U.S. from Central America aren’t given a “pathway for citizenship” they could become terrorists. The candidate, Pat Murphy, said if illegal immigrants aren't provided benefits from taxpayers today, "they’ll be terrorists a generation from now."

If that's the case, we have a problem in every corner of America -- especially meatpacking towns like Crete -- since America's political leaders have shamefully turned a blind eye to immigration enforcement and border security.

We have often wondered how many people in our own county are here illegally -- or "without documentation," as some would want us to say. (The Times is on record as a longtime critic of our nation's poor enforcement of immigration across our southern border.)

At last check, unofficial census counts estimate the city of Crete is about 40-45% Hispanic or other minority.  That is a staggering (dare we say unhealthy?) rate of change experienced by Saline County's largest community over just 15 years.  We've been told by a Crete leader of respected stature that he estimates that as much as 35%-40% of Crete's Hispanic population is here illegally.

Recently, the Times was informed that Farmland Foods of Crete, owned by Shuanghui International Holdings of China, has cracked down on employment of those who cannot prove they are in the country legally.  According to inside reports, the new enforcement guidelines were implemented earlier this summer.  As soon as they were, more than 200 employees walked off the job, presumably because they are in the country illegally.

Those 200 are now "lurking in the shadows," as some politicians have said.

We wonder when other businesses and entities -- such as landlords, school administrators, realtors, social welfare organizations receiving state dollars -- catering to individuals who are "without documentation" will step up and demand to see proof of citizenship? Even if they aren't required to, don't they have an obligation to inform their fellow residents and taxpayers?

4 comments:

  1. And, the solution is....?

    (I mean something real and doable. Not just bitching about it.)

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  2. David - Why not a solid fence from Texas to California? I mean, really? Middle Eastern terrorists read our news too, and it's not all that tough to fly or sail to mexico and sneak across the border. If fences don't work, why don't they just tear down the one at 1600 Penn. Ave.?

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  3. ost of us do not have a problem with those who come here leagally, get their papers and help support this country with their tax dollars. It is those who come in and rape us of taxpayer supported programs. They drive on roads they do not help pay for, send their children do schools they do not help pay for, tell lies about being a single parent to get benefits the do not pay for, rent property they do not take care of, and lets not even mention their driving habits, plus many other negative things they do. Maybe negativity is the taxpayers way of saying, we are fed up with them.

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