Steve Lopez - Posse Is Headed for the Wrong Roundup

[realFedUp]

(and speaking of this armed "posse", isn't this illegal?)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez1apr01,1,1467066.column?coll=la-headlines-california

Posse Is Headed for the Wrong Roundup
Steve Lopez
Points West

April 1, 2005

Except for the fact that the posse is headed in the wrong direction, you can't really blame the cowboys riding to the border near Tombstone, Ariz., to git them durned e-leegles.

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Look, I don't want to break up the party now that those amateur cowboys are on the job, guarding a border that will always be impossible to seal unless we stand agents shoulder to shoulder along its 2,000-mile length. But as I said, the posse went the wrong way.

It should ride to Wal-Mart, which hired illegal immigrants to clean the floors.

It should ride to the poultry farms that have hired illegals to cut costs and boost profits.

It should ride to Wells Fargo and other banks that are happy to cash in on the fat business of opening accounts for illegals.

It should ride to the farms where U.S. ranchers get taxpayer subsidies that help drive Mexican farmers out of business and north across the border.

And it should ride to Washington, D.C., where Congress sees a few thousand dead border crossers as a small price to pay for an endless supply of dirt-cheap labor.

A compromise immigration bill won't be easy to work out, but it's long past due. It would offer some form of legalization, safe passage that puts an end to smuggling, and a crackdown on employers and immigrants who don't play by the rules.

One last thought:

While the Minutemen ride to the border, Harry Pachon asked, are their children being watched by nannies without papers?

[realFedUp]

1. No opinions on this posse?

oy.