Stopped by a federal judge:A federal judge ordered immigration officials yesterday not to move out of state any of the remaining detainees from Tuesday's raid of a New Bedford sweatshop and to allow them access to lawyers.Judge Richard G. … [Read more...]
A Modest Proposal – let’s have indentured servitude rather than illegal immigration
Replace "immigration" with legal indentured servitude. Let anyone willing to pay their way in - by a lump sum payment or on an installment contract that has deportation as the penalty for non-payment come on in with photo identity … [Read more...]
The Katrina gang hits New Bedford: Lowell Sun gets it
While the Boston Globe ran a mostly wonky, chin-stroking Op-Ed on the grotesque abuse of human rights that immigration officials committed in New Bedford this week, the Lowell Sun -- yes, the Lowell Sun -- grasped the exceedingly harsh … [Read more...]
This is why you don’t appoint hacks to important jobs
The appalling spectacle of hundreds of undocumented workers from New Bedford being herded into planes and flown off to Texas while state and local officials were still scrambling to see whether their kids had anyone to take care of them … [Read more...]
Immigration raid leaves children behind in New Bedford
With regard to the raid of the factory in New Bedford: Channel 5 (and others) are reporting that federal agents have taken some of the arrested alleged illegal immigrants to Texas, apparently without regard to where their families were. … [Read more...]
New Bedford
The latest in pandering to a political side comes from this morning's story about 300 "illegal" immigrants being rounded up and arrested leaving their children with no care-givers. Oh, well, how sad is that. A press conference … [Read more...]
Why Peter Berdovsky cannot afford to plead guilty
Peter Berdovsky originally received asylum due to his role as a student dissenter in Belarus, and the fact that he had already looked down the barrel of a gun there. How much has Belarus changed? Apparently not much. And Peter … [Read more...]
Patrick, State Police Chief agree: Romney’s illegal immigrant plan was a loser
As promised, Governor Patrick today formally rescinded the political stunt agreement that ex-Gov Romney engineered between the State Police and federal immigration authorities that would have allowed certain staties to arrest illegal … [Read more...]
Sorry Mitt: the WSJ is onto you
A major hat tip to Blue Suede Shoe for noting and thoughtfully reprinting today's subscription-only editorial in the Wall St. Journal. As the mouthpiece of the rightmost wing of the corporatist branch of the Republican party, the WSJ … [Read more...]
Editorial in the Wall Street Journal Today – Romney: Not Very ‘Swift’
A little holiday cheer for us all! Read the [editorial http://online.wsj.co... ]in the Wall Street Journal today! Enjoy! Not Very SwiftDecember 22, 2006; Page A12At his press conference Wednesday, President Bush alluded to last week's … [Read more...]