195 Illegals Arrested In Company

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 195 illegal aliens in more than a dozen states who worked for Rosenbaum-Cunningham International Inc., a maintenance & cleaning company. Some of the company's clients include Hard Rock Cafe, ESPN Zone and House Of Blues.

ICE charged three individuals who operated the company with failing to pay more than $18.6 million in federal employment taxes and for hiding the profits which were later used to buy luxury boats, homes and racehorses.

This is the problem with employers who hire illegal aliens. Not only are they saving on lower wages, but many are failing to pay employment taxes & other benefts. This gives them an unfair competitive edge on their competition.

We applaud the ICE raid & expect much more of ICE in the future. Businesses who hire illegal aliens need to be brought down big time. It's sickening how many businesses are willing to cheat for profit or personal gain by their executives. Profit over patriotism is their motto.

Bank of Un-America - Credit Cards To Illegals

Bank of America has started a pilot program in 51 of its branches in the Los Angeles area to begin issuing credit cards to Hispanic immigrants who do not have a Social Security card or a credit history.

The bank will issue $500 limit cards to those who have a checking account in their bank for at least 3 months & will accept a Taxpayer Identification Number in lieu of an ssn or a Matricular Card issued by Mexico as i.d.

Bank of America is trying to tap into the 10-20 million illegal alien market in this country.

We find this all problematic. The Taxpayer ID number is issued to anyone without an ssn card. Every illegal in the country can get one from the IRS, thank you IRS. The Matricular card is no id at all. Mexican consulates issue these & there is no real proof that the person that gets the card is who he says he is. Yet the bank will rely on this. Then there is the problem of defaulted cards. There is no real way to trace the defaulter - heck, they don't even have to have a credit history to get a credit card. The defaulter can go back to Mexico or where ever & the American customers will be stuck with the cost of the default.

Besides presenting just another additional incentive for illegals to come to this country, this scheme can further help establish a valid indentity for terrorists coming into the country.

"It helps to further embed illegal immigrants into American society," said Steven Camarota, research director for the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, which backs stricter enforcement of immigration laws. "It makes amnesty a fait accompli."

Though what the bank is doing is legal as it stands, we think some serious laws should be passed to stop this.

We are getting sick & tired of Federal, state & private institutions & businesses giving preferential treatment to illegals. How many Americans can get a credit card without an ssn card or a credit history or on a flimsy id?

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NFL Sacks Border Patrol

The NFL refused to run a recruitment ad by the Border Patrol in its Super Bowl Program saying it was "controversial." The ad listed some of the duties of a Border Patrol officer including preventing "the entry of terrorists and their weapons," blocking "unlawful entry of undocumented aliens" and "stopping drug smuggling."

An NFL spokesman said the ad "mentioned terrorism. We were not comfortable with that. The borders, the immigration debate is a very controversial issue, and we were sensitive to any perception we were injecting ourselves into that."

The NFL failed to mention that to get into the game fans had to go through security checks because of terrorism. Are they "uncomfortable" with that too? The NFL also forgets which country they are in. The vast majority of Americans want a tightened border, so what the hell is this talk about "controversial?"

What the NFL is really looking out for is its own interests - increasing its fan base among Hispanics & Latinos - & to hell with the Border Patrol, which happens to be a Federal agency.

The NFL with its narrow-minded interests is saying to the American public "screw you", although they are quick to take Americans' dollars - or is that Pesos? They should be ashamed. But they're not.