I.C.E. Conducts Raid, DHS Secretary “Shocked”

OK, blood is probably going to shoot out of your eye balls, but here goes.

Back in February, agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) conducted a raid of an auto parts plant in Bellingham, Wash., netted 28 illegal immigrants. You probably saw it covered on the news.

For those of you living under a rock, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) is a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Its mission is “to protect national security by enforcing our nation's customs and immigration laws.” This is from their website, so I have to believe it is an accurate description of their designated mission.

So, by and large, their actions on February 24th were consistent with their mission of “enforcing our nation's customs and immigration laws.”

So how exactly is that working out?

The raid was the first, and only, mass arrest of immigrants since President Obama took office. It also came as a shock to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who ordered a review of the incident the day after.

"I didn't know about it beforehand," she told the House Homeland Security Committee the morning following the raid. "I want to get to the bottom of this as well." This behavior is known in Washington as the weasel backstroke.

It seems that I.C.E.’s pesky little mission statement might not be popular with the current administration. It appears that the Obama administration is under the belief that the law concerning illegal immigration isn’t the best one to enforce. Similar to the belief that paying taxes are only for the "little people." I refer you back to my entry on Dear Speaker Pelosi’s comments in March. It seems that they would rather go after the owners of the companies instead.

Immigrant groups say the release was a humane act that is keeping families together and allowing them to earn a decent living.

Yes, lovely…………and in related news, next week pro-burglary groups will testify on Capitol Hill that incarcerating homeowners who install burglar alarms will allow their group the opportunity to earn decent livings as well.

So what happened to the twenty-eight illegals that were arrested? 1 was actually deported. Holy crap, how unlucky do you actually have to be? What the heck was this guy wanted for? Mass-Murderer? Pedophile? Rapist? Campaigning for McCain-Palin?

So twenty-seven actually got to stay and received work cards to allow them to continue working during the investigation. Did I mention they are here illegally? Yeah, not so much a problem anymore.

Oh, guess what they are going to do now? The ILLEGALS get to stay cause they are cooperating with an ongoing investigation of their employer, Yamato Engine Specialists.

Hmmmmmmm I wonder if they will get bonuses for that?

This morning I woke up thinking “Where am I? Why is it so damn hot? And how did I windup in this Hand-basket?”

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