Thursday, December 14, 2006
Shame on Marshalltown
Yet another sob story in the Register this morning...
Mission to locate nursing mother fails
And that's the dirty little secret here...and it's shame on the entire city of Marshalltown. They let it happen. The people of Marshalltown (and others - and you know who you are) all knew about the illegals in their town...and they tolerated it. For whatever reason, the general public in Marshalltown did absolutely nothing about the situation. In fact, they did the opposite.
I'll never forget a caller to my radio show about 2-years ago. In conversation about illegal aliens, he said he works with about 25 illegal aliens that he knows of...and he said the company knew. I asked why he didn't call the Immigration authorities. He provided no answer. I asked what the name of the company was. He provided no answer.
Those hypocrites in Marshalltown who are now..."shocked and dismayed" at the level of enforcement should be ashamed of themselves. Everyone knew...and nobody did anything...and now they're complaining that someone did something.
Mission to locate nursing mother fails
Marshalltown, Ia. — A priest and nun said Wednesday that an immigration agent at Camp Dodge blocked their efforts to find a nursing mother who was among those arrested in the raid at the Swift & Co. plant.You know, as tragic as some of these stories are, it all could have been prevented. The border could've been more secure, companies could have been more strict in who they hired, and members of the public didn't have to turn a blind eye to it.
The caregivers said the baby had been difficult to feed since her mother was arrested, Feagan said.
“The mother was breastfeeding the baby,” Feagan said. “The baby doesn’t want to eat. Another tried to breastfeed, but (the baby) knew it wasn’t her.”
Feagan said she and advocates for local Hispanic families were trying to determine exactly how many children were in limbo — and were organizing assistance.
Carmen Montealegre was among those offering assistance. She was helping to take care of two children whose families were affected by the arrests.
One of the children, a 7-year-old, asked frequently why her mother had been detained, Montealegre said.
“She asked me three times, ‘Did she kill someone?’ I said, ‘She was working under another name,’ ” Montealegre said.
And that's the dirty little secret here...and it's shame on the entire city of Marshalltown. They let it happen. The people of Marshalltown (and others - and you know who you are) all knew about the illegals in their town...and they tolerated it. For whatever reason, the general public in Marshalltown did absolutely nothing about the situation. In fact, they did the opposite.
I'll never forget a caller to my radio show about 2-years ago. In conversation about illegal aliens, he said he works with about 25 illegal aliens that he knows of...and he said the company knew. I asked why he didn't call the Immigration authorities. He provided no answer. I asked what the name of the company was. He provided no answer.
Those hypocrites in Marshalltown who are now..."shocked and dismayed" at the level of enforcement should be ashamed of themselves. Everyone knew...and nobody did anything...and now they're complaining that someone did something.
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