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Don Gabacho wrote:
> No longer a sanctuary
> Day laborers who had grown used to gathering at a 7-Eleven in
> Farmingville are adjusting to new times
>
> They 'ran us out of there'
> Jun 22, 2005
>
>
> BY BART JONES
> STAFF WRITER
>
> November 22, 2005
>
>
> The new owner of a 7-Eleven in Farmingville, that is a well-known
> gathering spot for day laborers on Long Island and a symbol of the
> clash between angry residents and job-hungry immigrants, has kicked
> scores of workers off the property.
>
> In the latest chapter of the Farmingville day laborer issue, the new
> owner, Gregory Kaloustian, or his employees, have called police several
> times in the last week or so when workers refused to leave the
> property, resulting in four arrests on trespassing charges, Suffolk
> police and a spokeswoman at 7-Eleven Inc.'s national headquarters in
> Dallas said Monday.
>
>  The crackdown has prompted most day laborers to avoid the store
> property at the intersection of HorseBlock Road and North Ocean Avenue.
> Monday morning, a dozen workers stood on sidewalks just off the
> property or across the street, compared to typical crowds of 100 or
> more.
>
> "If we don't work here, in Mexico they don't eat," said one disgruntled
> worker, Juan Rivera, 36, a native of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. "How are
> they going to run a person out of here who is looking for work? Maybe
> the owner of the store doesn't have kids."
>
> But many residents said they were delighted by the move. "I think it's
> a good idea," said Clinton Stepanek, 58. "It creates nothing but
> problems when you come down the road ... Something's got to be done.
> It's just out of control."
>
> Residents complain the men -- who have been gathering at the site for
> years -- intimidate women and create traffic hazards as they rush to
> cars hoping they'll land a daily job. The workers and their advocates
> say they have no formal place to meet and just want to earn a living.
>
> The crackdown follows a similar effort in East Hampton, where local
> police last week starting photographing the license plates of people
> who pick up day laborers near the train station. They say they will
> forward the information to the Internal Revenue Service, federal
> immigration authorities and the New York State Department of Labor.
>
> Kaloustian took over the Farmingville store in May and made it clear he
> wanted the men off the property because they interfered with business
> and created safety problems, said Margaret Chabris, a spokeswoman at
> 7-Eleven Inc.'s headquarters in Dallas.
>
> A series of meetings involving 7-Eleven representatives, including some
> who flew in from Dallas, immigrant advocates, Catholic church leaders
> and at times Suffolk Executive Steve Levy failed to resolve the issue,
> so Kaloustian started taking action, Chabris said.
>
> Kaloustian could not be reached for comment Monday. A man at the store
> who identified himself as the manager referred questions to 7-Eleven
> headquarters.
>
> Some advocates including, Irma Solis of the nonprofit Workplace
> Project, warned that the men will simply move down the street, and said
> the ultimate solution is a formal hiring site. Chabris agreed the
> workers probably will shift locations, but said that "is a societal
> problem ... We can't solve it for the community."
>
> For his part, Levy said, "any property owner who asks our assistance
> will receive help." He added, "We will not spend public money to
> facilitate an illegal underground activity" by creating a formal hiring
> site.

Seems to me that these existing sites would be a good place to roundup
these illegal alien shitskins.

Jay