ICE Raids Mississippi Plant.

August 27, 2008.

Article by Holbrook Mohr of Associated Press: Fear Grips Immigrants after Miss. Plant Raid.

You may have heard about this story yesterday, about the 600 people who were swept up at a plant in Mississippi. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents executed the raid based upon information there were illegal immigrants working for the company operating the plant.

A couple of things which stood out to me were…

“One worker caught in Monday’s sweep at the plant said fellow workers applauded as immigrants were taken into custody. Federal officials said a tip from a union member prompted them to start investigating several years ago.”

I say: Firstly, it’s not real cool to applaud in my opinion. However, based upon the fact ICE was investigating for some time, they had to have real evidence there were illegal immigrants working at the plant.

Which leads to this gem…

“”We have kids without dads and pregnant mothers who got their husbands taken away,” said Velez’s son, Robert, youth pastor at the church. “It was like a horror story. They got handled like they were criminals.”"

I say: And they are not criminals? Now, I can understand if you got scooped up in this and can prove you are working here legally why you would feel this way. However, if they are working here illegally, they are criminals. How come people don’t get this? Don’t blame the U.S. because you get deported, blame the shitting conditions in the country you come from. The conditions which prompted you to break the law and work here illegally.