Stoned to death

[sana]

Well.....you come as surprise don't you ???
I gratefully accept your apology, and in turn I apologize to you for the things I have posted that may have offended you.
We shall be friends

I will send you an invitation.

[Bonny]

Karen, You are very lucky to live in a community where there is peace & harmony. I am not so lucky. The raid that took place in a town called Postville Iowa with illegals being hauled off took place going on two years now.The kosher plant was closed down & now has reopened. Now it is all coming about again. This time Somalis are moving in working for the same group of people in their kosher meat packing plant. The town use to get by with two parttime policmen. It now has two fulltime & four parttime to keep the law. The farmers around the area have to lock everything up because of theft even the gardens are being robbed of their veggies. All is not well in America & being called Racist or Hateful on this board is a lame excuse because there are those of us that happen to live in an area where we see it all going down. There is no media here it is being played out right in front of our eyes.

[Karen]

I am sorry you have such trouble where you live, Bonny, really I am. Are the thefts all from the new immigrants, does anyone know? Are there any efforts for dialogue between the Somalis and the long-term residents, maybe by local clergy if the politicians won't do it?

Sad isn't it, how every wave of immigrants gets a bad rap, deserving or not - I remember being told my great grandfather ran the only mill in town who refused to post a "No Irish Need Apply" sign, and now no one thinks twice about Irish Americans. It seems everyone has an adjustment period, some harder than others.

[Bonny]

What you have is one group using another group to fulfill their religious needs. There is a Christian group that try to educate & help legal & illegal immagrants in our area. It is very frustrating to see it repeat itself again & again.

[phesina]

Do the people running the meatpacking plant hire illegal aliens?

[Bonny]

Do the people running the meatpacking plant hire illegal aliens?

Yes! The biggest raid in U.S. history took place in Postville, Iowa. Illegal Hispanics & Guatemalans were hauled away on buses. Mr Rahbushkin (sp?) was held accountable & was sent off to prison out on the east coast where his religion will be respected in a prison set asside for Jewish prisoners & his family will be living close by to visit him. He also has a huge fine to pay which I don't think will ever be paid? They also had Hispanic & Guatemalan children working in the packing plant. Mr. Rahbushskin (SP?) got by on that one.

The Illegal Hispanics & Guatemalans were sent back to their countries at the tax payers expense. Their families were cared for by the church groups fed, clothed, housed until transport could be had. It was a & still is a sad case of events.

Congress had better get their butt in gear & start changing the old laws that don't pertain to this time period & allow more legal visa's so workers can come in legally to work & also pay taxes like the rest of us do when they are here.