Friday, April 27, 2007
Un-f'ing-believable
"U.S. prosecutors charged 22 people in Chicago with allegedly selling fake identity papers to thousands of illegal aliens," UPI reports.
"An indictment unsealed Wednesday said the Chicago branch of a Mexican crime family had sold thousands of fake identification papers annually since 2003, netting $2 million to $3 million per year.
"As many as 20 illegal immigrants at a time were sold phony driver's licenses, green cards and Social Security numbers in a Chicago mall parking lot for $200 to $300 a set, court papers said, USA Today reported."
So, how did Hispanic "activists" react following the arrests? They protested, of course:
"In what could be a warm-up for a planned [pro-illegal] immigration march next week, about 300 protesters shouted and waved signs for several hours in Little Village on Tuesday after a federal raid inside a shopping plaza. ...
"Neighborhood residents and local activists, however, saw the action in the heart of Chicago's Mexican community as an attempt to intimidate people in advance of a planned May 1 march to Daley Plaza in protest of recent federal raids nationwide.
"Word of the Tuesday raid quickly spread through the neighborhood, with organizers of next week's march arriving with ready-made signs, drums and megaphones. The crowd closed the intersection of 26th Street and Albany Avenue for hours, chanting in a semicircle as Chicago police directed traffic away."
I never thought I'd live to see a day when people would take to the streets to protest the enforcement of U.S. laws. To borrow a line from Judge Robert Bork, America is quickly becoming a country I no longer recognize.
"An indictment unsealed Wednesday said the Chicago branch of a Mexican crime family had sold thousands of fake identification papers annually since 2003, netting $2 million to $3 million per year.
"As many as 20 illegal immigrants at a time were sold phony driver's licenses, green cards and Social Security numbers in a Chicago mall parking lot for $200 to $300 a set, court papers said, USA Today reported."
So, how did Hispanic "activists" react following the arrests? They protested, of course:
"In what could be a warm-up for a planned [pro-illegal] immigration march next week, about 300 protesters shouted and waved signs for several hours in Little Village on Tuesday after a federal raid inside a shopping plaza. ...
"Neighborhood residents and local activists, however, saw the action in the heart of Chicago's Mexican community as an attempt to intimidate people in advance of a planned May 1 march to Daley Plaza in protest of recent federal raids nationwide.
"Word of the Tuesday raid quickly spread through the neighborhood, with organizers of next week's march arriving with ready-made signs, drums and megaphones. The crowd closed the intersection of 26th Street and Albany Avenue for hours, chanting in a semicircle as Chicago police directed traffic away."
I never thought I'd live to see a day when people would take to the streets to protest the enforcement of U.S. laws. To borrow a line from Judge Robert Bork, America is quickly becoming a country I no longer recognize.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Friday, April 27, 2007 
