Nov 30 2009
I love the scent of irony in the morning
So, here we go with a healthy dose of it first thing on Monday morning.
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A janitorial company owned by a local conservative talk-radio host is among the early targets of a new strategy by the Obama administration to thin the ranks of illegal immigrants by going after the companies that hire them.
Seattle Building Maintenance, owned by KVI talk-radio host Peter Weissbach and his wife, provides janitorial services in buildings throughout the Puget Sound region, including such Seattle landmarks as the Seattle Art Institute, Pacific Place, Metropolitan Park and the Dexter Horton and Westin buildings.
The subject of an ongoing immigration audit by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, the company has been clearing its books by firing some of its janitorial staff — about 100 people so far — believed to be working illegally.
The probe of Seattle Building Maintenance offers an early glimpse into ICE’s approach to worksite enforcement — stealthily targeting employers rather than workers.
It’s a departure from the big splashy raids that used to play out on the evening news, with large numbers of immigrants being rounded up and carted off to detention, where many faced removal.
Now, workers are quietly let go by their employers, without the direct contact with immigration agents that might lead to deportation.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010333876_firedjanitors23m.html?prmid=obinsite
These aren’t the same conservatives who think we should “protect” ourselves from the evil border-crossers, RIGHT?
I have heard that when one has a flair for speaking from the rear orifice, it often does cause irony to breed like wildflowers.
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You turn a phrase in such a delightful way…
“I have heard that when one has a flair for speaking from the rear orifice, it often does cause irony to breed like wildflowers.”
It sounds like a chickenshit way to deal with it. If the people were working here without proper documentation, they hauled them off in well publicized raids. When it was pointed out that this was hypocritical because it didn’t target the HUGE criminal network of employers as well, now the raids have stopped but the employers are quietly firing the people and not getting busted in a public way.