Bangor employer to be sentenced in illegal worker case

I lived in Maine for a couple of years, a long time ago. It is  or was not a prosperous state. As I recall, year round employment was always sketchy. I was on a government contract. Many of my fellow employees were natives of Maine. I was regaled with many tales of surviving a winter by killing and eating bear.

I am sure the citizens of Maine would have filled those jobs in a flash, if given the opportunity. This nonsense must be stopped and stopped instantly. I encourage all of you to call ICE if you believe you have encountered a situation where the workers do not speak English and  cannot understand you. No harm, no foul in my opinion , no matter  how it turns out.

When I first became aware of the severity of the illegal immigration problem, I thought that a sentence of 10 years was incredibly unfair. I even thought 10 months was too much. As I partytyicipated and studied the problem, I changed my mind. What these employers are doing is very harmful to Amerircans. I no longer care if they do it to increase their profits or to help out a family friend. A crime is a crime.

We must all help to keep America strong.

When do you think they will get around to putting the mayors and officials of sanctuary cities in jail?

I applaud states and localities taking action in this struggle,  but the officials that we elected and who took an oath to defend this country and its Constitution should be stripped of office and benefits. Then put in jail for failing to do their sworn duty!

oldguy---

Amen to what you say!!!! I/\'m with you.

misterbill said:

oldguy---

Amen to what you say!!!! I/\'m with you.

So ya’all really think that’s going to help, huh?  Couldn’t the government have picked a site for their raid a bit farther from the Mexican Border?  Maybe Hawaii has some illegals there that floated across the Pacific from Asia.

This employer had 7 employees, and, from the report, it was obviously a small business.  If you visit the web site: http://www.wehirealiens.com

and type in the Search box ValleyCrest, you will be returned information on a nationwide landscape company that has over 3,000 employees.  Every one of them, outside of management and supervision, is illegal.  They are located predominantly along states that span the Mexican Border, but have branched out into the interior states as well.  One of their clients, incidentally, is the Marine Corp Base in  Camp Pendleton, CA.  So now why do you suppose ICE didn’t pick this more obvious target?  You’re being scammed, and you don’t realize it.

So here come the responses, such as, “Well, at least it’s a start!”  Well, yeah.  But, starts like that won’t yield visible results within the lifetimes of any that read this.

Employers/employers,

I agree with you, I am sure most of us, (me too) are being sucked in. I appreciate the input. Now, what can we do to resolve this problem??

I would have said. "It's a start" because I didn't know any better.

Oldguy-

I didn't read your latest post until after I had entered one myself. We have a gang of good people here. If we can all get behind one good candidate, we may have an effect. I suggested that site leaders, like (Steve Elliott, William Gheen and Roy Beck), get together to choose a third party candidate that most represents the issues of us Americans and I would vote for their pick. It is hard for each of us operating on our own to pick the "best" candidate. I am sure that almost anyone would be  better than the unholy three that are fighting it out now.

misterbill said: ... Now, what can we do to resolve this problem?? ..

That's simple.  NEVER allow anyone (including CJBL) to think that you believe these small raids will accomplish anything.  Be just as critical in stating that they are merely PR campaigns to make the citizenry think interior enforcement is being seriously addressed, when in fact the impact is far too small.