Love ‘em or hate ‘em

Two towns, and two totally different ways of dealing with the same situation. 

I guess in the case of the town in Connecticut, at least we know who and where the illegal immigrants are residing. 

I provided a link to abcnews in which they interview one of the immigrants that applied for one of the municipal ID cards.  Ironically, his statements support the arguments of those in Hazleton who have passed the anti illegal immigration laws.  Funny.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3410370

Now What?

Appeal?

A little part of me wanted the court to give Hazleton the go ahead with the new ordinances it passed last year.  Even though I don’t think Hazleton or any of the other towns that followed suit were going about things the right way, part of me wants to see something, anything happen.

I have to admit, I didn’t give the issue much thought till it hit home.  Sure, I read about the immigration issues in the paper every morning, had the occasional chat with a friend over it at lunch, and it came up at the dinner table on a weekly basis.  But the day Carpentersville, a neighboring town, announced that they would also be passing laws similar to Hazleton’s I sat up. 

I come from a family of small business owners, generation after generation of business owners tied to the communities they serve.  Holding businesses responsible for the federal governments inability to regulate and control illegal immigration comes off as a three year old throwing a temper tantrum.  It just isn’t sensible.  

If you take the business license away from a small business owner you take away their livelihood.  Shutting down small businesses is not going to help the local economy, only serve to hurt the community in the long run.   

There is so much I have to say on the issue, but right now all I can think about it what do we do now.  People decided to stand up and do something the ties couldn’t.

Now what?

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2622242120070726