Paranoid yet?
I have to laugh and giggle at this. I mean it is just deserts for those who break the law, support breaking the law, and advocate breaking the law. If you are a criminal you should always be looking over your shoulder for the man to come and drag you away.
This is just exactly what seems to be hitting Queens New York.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/415624p-351089c.html
Rumors fly as feds deny immig raids
BY LESLIE CASIMIR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Rumours are rampant in the city's immigrant communities that federal agents are swooping down into neighborhoods and plucking undocumented workers from restaurants, car washes and even soccer fields.
"My employees are nervous to come to work now," said Ana, a Woodhaven, Queens, hair salon owner who called the Daily News to report an unsubstantiated raid of a Latino food restaurant on Jamaica Ave. and 104th St. "I really don't know what to tell them."
The stories are not true, advocates and immigration officials say.
Yet, they continue to spread quickly among tens of thousands of New Yorkers who live and work without legal papers - and for whom the fear of deportation, real or not, is ever present.
Dozens of organizations held an emergency meeting in Queens on April 28 to discuss the paranoia, said Monami Maulik, executive director of Desis Rising Up and Moving or DRUM.
The false rumors seem to have started after the federal Department of Homeland Security announced last month that it was stepping up efforts targeting employers who hire undocumented workers.
(HERE IS THE REAL SHAME. THE FACT IT IS ONLY RUMORS AND THE FEDS ARE NOT DOING THE JOB THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.)
Soon after, on April 19, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out a multicity raid, hitting 52 work sites operated by IFCO Services, a pallet supply company headquartered in Houston, including one factory on Long Island. A total of 1,200 workers and several managers have been arrested.
At about the same time, immigrants throughout the nation started asserting themselves with massive marches and rallies, said Kavita Pawria, legal and policy organizer at DRUM. Many New Yorkers who attended the rallies said they had decided to participate despite fears of being arrested.
(IMMIGRANTS? PHHHHHTTT!! YOU MEAN ILEGALS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS FLAUNTING THE FACT THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF PUNISHMENT)
"It's happening at a particular moment when immigrants have been very vocal," Pawria said. "There's so much mistrust."
Rosa, a Mexican immigrant from Queens, told The News that a Bronx car wash on Fordham Road and Webster Ave. was raided last week by immigration officials. Immigrants playing a soccer match also were arrested at a park in Westchester County recently, she believed.
But neither roundup actually happened, according the the feds.
(AGAIN THAT IS A SHAME THE FEDS DID NOT DO THEIR JOB)
Marc Raimondi, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the stories are all false and he stressed that the agency is not haphazardly targeting undocumented immigrants.
"We don't do random sweeps - we do targeted enforcement actions," he said. "We've said all along our enforcement actions are intelligence driven. They are not random."
NOW THIS IS THE PROBLEM. THEY SPEND TO MUCH TIME SITTING IN THEIR OFFICES DEBATEING ON WHAT WILL BE THE BETTER P.R. AND LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE LAW SUITS BY ACTIVIST LAWYERS. THEY SHOULD BE DOING NATION WIDE RANDOM SWEEPS. PUT THE FEAR OF THE LAW INTO THOSE WHO WILLINGLY BREAK THE LAW. THE SWEEPS NEED TO INCLUDE ARRESTS OF THE EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE ILEGALS OVER CITIZENS.
DO NOT TELL ME EVER AGAIN ABOUT IT IS JOBS AMERICANS WON'T DO. THIS LIE IS JUST THAT A LIE. IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF INVASION AND THE FACT THAT EMPLOYERS ARE POCKETING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY PAYING BELOW MARKET WAGES WITHOUT BENIFITS AND THE TAXES ON THE WAGES.
This is just exactly what seems to be hitting Queens New York.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/415624p-351089c.html
Rumors fly as feds deny immig raids
BY LESLIE CASIMIR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Rumours are rampant in the city's immigrant communities that federal agents are swooping down into neighborhoods and plucking undocumented workers from restaurants, car washes and even soccer fields.
"My employees are nervous to come to work now," said Ana, a Woodhaven, Queens, hair salon owner who called the Daily News to report an unsubstantiated raid of a Latino food restaurant on Jamaica Ave. and 104th St. "I really don't know what to tell them."
The stories are not true, advocates and immigration officials say.
Yet, they continue to spread quickly among tens of thousands of New Yorkers who live and work without legal papers - and for whom the fear of deportation, real or not, is ever present.
Dozens of organizations held an emergency meeting in Queens on April 28 to discuss the paranoia, said Monami Maulik, executive director of Desis Rising Up and Moving or DRUM.
The false rumors seem to have started after the federal Department of Homeland Security announced last month that it was stepping up efforts targeting employers who hire undocumented workers.
(HERE IS THE REAL SHAME. THE FACT IT IS ONLY RUMORS AND THE FEDS ARE NOT DOING THE JOB THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.)
Soon after, on April 19, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out a multicity raid, hitting 52 work sites operated by IFCO Services, a pallet supply company headquartered in Houston, including one factory on Long Island. A total of 1,200 workers and several managers have been arrested.
At about the same time, immigrants throughout the nation started asserting themselves with massive marches and rallies, said Kavita Pawria, legal and policy organizer at DRUM. Many New Yorkers who attended the rallies said they had decided to participate despite fears of being arrested.
(IMMIGRANTS? PHHHHHTTT!! YOU MEAN ILEGALS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS FLAUNTING THE FACT THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW WITHOUT ANY FEAR OF PUNISHMENT)
"It's happening at a particular moment when immigrants have been very vocal," Pawria said. "There's so much mistrust."
Rosa, a Mexican immigrant from Queens, told The News that a Bronx car wash on Fordham Road and Webster Ave. was raided last week by immigration officials. Immigrants playing a soccer match also were arrested at a park in Westchester County recently, she believed.
But neither roundup actually happened, according the the feds.
(AGAIN THAT IS A SHAME THE FEDS DID NOT DO THEIR JOB)
Marc Raimondi, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the stories are all false and he stressed that the agency is not haphazardly targeting undocumented immigrants.
"We don't do random sweeps - we do targeted enforcement actions," he said. "We've said all along our enforcement actions are intelligence driven. They are not random."
NOW THIS IS THE PROBLEM. THEY SPEND TO MUCH TIME SITTING IN THEIR OFFICES DEBATEING ON WHAT WILL BE THE BETTER P.R. AND LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE LAW SUITS BY ACTIVIST LAWYERS. THEY SHOULD BE DOING NATION WIDE RANDOM SWEEPS. PUT THE FEAR OF THE LAW INTO THOSE WHO WILLINGLY BREAK THE LAW. THE SWEEPS NEED TO INCLUDE ARRESTS OF THE EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE ILEGALS OVER CITIZENS.
DO NOT TELL ME EVER AGAIN ABOUT IT IS JOBS AMERICANS WON'T DO. THIS LIE IS JUST THAT A LIE. IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF INVASION AND THE FACT THAT EMPLOYERS ARE POCKETING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY PAYING BELOW MARKET WAGES WITHOUT BENIFITS AND THE TAXES ON THE WAGES.
