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Look, I'm a Libertarian myself, but the key word is ILLEGAL.  They don't 
call them ILLEGAL immigrants for nothing.  They're working at a Wal-Mart 
construction site.  I think it's relevant.  Had they gotten injured, I'm 
sure they could have held Wal-Mart liable.  They aren't innocent.
geotek


"Steve & Leslie Swartz" <leslieswartz@charter.net> wrote in message 
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> Once again- just what the hell does "Wal-Mart" have to do with any of 
> this?
>
> So why the "Wal-Mart" workers in the title?
>
> This union-driven Wal-Mart bashing is getting tedious . . .
>
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> "Hank" <arminius@mail.cybertrails.com> wrote in message 
> news:2emrn11sou38ei3344fn3jgl8ehml1b24n@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:57:10 -0500, Harry <harry@everhart.com> wrote:
>>
>>>November 18, 2005
>>>From The Morning Call
>>>
>>>100 workers arrested at Schuylkill County Wal-Mart site
>>>Sheriff: Illegal immigrants worked for subcontractors.
>>>
>>>By Douglas B. Brill
>>>Special to The Morning Call
>>>
>>>Federal, state and local law enforcement officers raided a Wal-Mart
>>>distribution center construction site Thursday in Schuylkill County and
>>>arrested more than 100 people they said were illegal immigrants.
>>>
>>>More than 50 federal immigration agents and state and local officials
>>>with federal search warrants arrived about 8 a.m. at High Ridge
>>>Industrial Park in Butler Township, county Sheriff Francis V. McAndrew
>>>said.
>>>
>>>They questioned about 300 workers at the park off Interstate 81,
>>>McAndrew said. So many workers were arrested Thursday that law
>>>enforcement officials who brought one bus to round up suspects had to
>>>call for two more.
>>>
>>>McAndrew and Chris Fisanick, assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S.
>>>attorney's Middle District office in Pennsylvania, said they believed
>>>the suspects worked for subcontractors hired to help build the more than
>>>1 million-square foot building.
>>>
>>>Fisanick declined to identify the subcontractors, none of whom had been
>>>charged as of Thursday afternoon, he said.
>>>
>>>But McAndrew said, ''It's hard to imagine how anyone could have 120
>>>immigrants working and you wouldn't know about it.''
>>>
>>>Wal-Mart spokesman Marty Heires said the detained workers were employed
>>>by subcontractors.
>>>
>>>Heires said Wal-Mart will cooperate with the agency that led the raid,
>>>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a branch of the Department of
>>>Homeland Security.
>>>
>>>McAndrew said the raid was the culmination of a two- to three-month
>>>investigation that started when he got tips of possible illegal
>>>immigrants working at the site.
>>>
>>>It's unclear how those arrested were hired, Fisanick and McAndrew said.
>>>McAndrew said most are natives of Mexico, but he and Fisanick were
>>>unsure how long they had been in the United States or working at the
>>>site.
>>>
>>>Construction began about a year ago, McAndrew said.
>>>
>>>McAndrew said illegal immigrant workers have posed problems for
>>>Schuylkill County's largely blue-collar work force, which relies on
>>>construction and service jobs.
>>>
>>>''This is a hot-button issue now, something we're facing in our country
>>>that is a real difficult situation,'' McAndrew said. ''Illegal
>>>immigrants coming into our country and taking jobs our skilled
>>>contractors should have. It's not fair. S It needs to be addressed, and
>>>we're going to address it in Schuylkill County.''
>>
>> Be nice if our suck-ass government would be aggressive as McAndrew.
>>
>> Will
>
>