I’m sure everyone has read or heard about this article by now, but I can’t help but wonder why this only happened here. If they are going to start sending illegal immigrants to jail with federal charges against them, then why not do it all across the board.
They obviously are capable of doing it, whether it was a violation of due process or not, so why was this same tactic not used in Texas or California during the big raids those two states also had this week. I’m not saying that I want to see more of this, but I am just trying to understand what set this up.
The only thing I can think of is a show of muscle or to intimidate the workers, or employers.
From the article and other pieces I have read, it sounds like these people were dealing with some pretty nasty factory managers. I can’t help but think that these guys had to know that the SSNs were false, how can you have that many Guatemalans all working for you with legit numbers or visas. Sounds like they were farming them in and word always gets around about places that will hire illegals and give you papers to work under.
They knew what they were doing and I am waiting to see what their punishment will be.
