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Immigration raid causes Kosher meat shortage?

Financial problems at the company that was the target of a large immigration raid six months ago have caused a nationwide shortage of Kosher meat, USA Today reported Thursday.

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The immigration raid occurred six months ago at Agriprocessors Inc. a meat processing plant in Postville, Iowa. Nearly 400 workers were arrested on immigration violations and criminal charges.

The company, which field for bankrupcy last week, owes between $50 million and $100 million to creditors, USA Today said.

It provided about 60% of the nation’s kosher meat.

Postville was one in a string of large raids at workplaces.

The raids have been controversial leading Hispanic lawmakers on Capitol Hill to denounce what they called “inhumane” tactics by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE.

ICE has denied such accusations, saying that it is enforcing the law.

Read the USA Today story here.

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By Brittanicus

November 13, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

NOW WE ARE FINALLY PAYING THE PIPER. Thats where my tax dollars are going by forced federal mandate…?

Hundreds of cities, towns and communities are financially hurting, because the compassionate American people have unknowingly underwriting the epidemic of the illegal alien welfare.

37 MILLION illegal aliens—that we support for parasite employers, according to the Tucson sector Border Patrol union local 2544, not the propaganda brought forth by the Liberal national press and special interest lobby of only 13 million.

An additional half-million coming every year. California is $11 billion dollars in the red, so now they are looking for ways to cut programs.

Don’t re-elect Mayor’s like Antonio Villaraigosa or any other politician that is selling your future for campaign contributions Villaraigosa embraced LOS ANGELES as a SANCTUARY CITY, in a SANCTUARY STATE. Just because the West Coast border states are far away, don’t think for one-minute this doesn’t have a financial impact on YOU..?

A massive financial impact on our economy by importing the worlds poor. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT ‘THE RULE OF LAW’ BUT OVERPOPULATION? THIS IS ABOUT AMERICANS FORCED TO PAY FOR ILLEGAL SLAVE LABOR?

Go to www.numbersusa.com for immigration facts not lies.

TIME TO FIGHT BACK OR BE SUBMERGED IN ILLEGAL FOREIGN NATIONALS, LEECHING FROM OUR WELFARE SYSTEM! REMEMBER PROP 187? YOU HAVE BEEN PAYING EVER SINCE. EDUCATION, HEALTH-CARE, HOUSING! JUST THE TIP OF THE ECONOMIC ICEBERG. REMEMBER? LOW INCOME PEOPLE GET ALL THEIR TAXES BACK! REMEMBER ALL THE RISING CRIME RATES IN SANCTUARY CITIES AND STATES!

Learn about many positive legal cases won at www.judicialwatch.org We are beginning to stop the open border zealots and immigration special interest lobby.

By Texas Patriot

November 13, 2008 11:29 PM | Link to this

Brittanicus - you rock! I see your posts in blogs all across America! Thank you for all your hard work and I hope you keep it up! Americans are starting to wake up to the nightmare we’ve been watching happen for years! Unfortunately, most people don’t understand until it affects them directly like having a loved one killed by an ILLEGAL or losing your job to an ILLEGAL or in my case having 10 of them move in across the street from me and then started treating me like I had no right to be there!

By L1M89

November 14, 2008 2:46 AM | Link to this

That isn’t the smell of rotting kosher treats that everyone has noticed. That’s the smell of rotten politics, corrupt political critters and failed societal boondoggles that‘s wafting across our USA.

Remember how dimbulb lib-botz called us despicable names, a few years ago, for warning about an economic disaster Illegal Aliens were bringing to our USA? Twenty odd years ago DemocRatz and a handful of liberal Republican’tz started promoting amnesty programs for Illegal Aliens as a humane necessity.

Today we’re reaping our rewards for risky societal boondoggles in the form of an epidemic of bank failures. D’Ratz are attempting to hide their failed social programs with outright lies, misdirection ploys and a “New, New Deal.”
**Quote: [“The raids have been controversial leading Hispanic lawmakers on Capitol Hill to denounce what they called “inhumane” tactics by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE.”]

Unscrupulous employers and their political pimps whine about alleged inhumane treatment of Illegal Alien workers by ICE, yet the same 21st century slave masters work “their workers” in deplorable slave conditions. We all attempted to shine the light of truth on what was coming and we were denounced by lib-botz as racist alarmists. D’Ratz are still pushing for more and more hand-outs for Illegals while they all together push our USA closer to fiscal insolvency. Big Banks’ Loan Push: Illegal Aliens -
“Mortgages Get Pitched To Underserved Market; Critics Find Some Risks”

By Robin Sidel May 3, 2007

[“The nation’s big banks, scrambling for customers, are pitching mortgages to illegal aliens.

Two years ago, making home loans to people who are in the U.S. illegally was largely limited to community banks that wanted to revitalize neighborhoods by offering low-cost mortgages to local workers. There are signs that these loans, which comply with regulatory requirements and which represent a sliver of the nation’s $10 trillion mortgage market, are starting to take off in the broader banking industry.

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is developing a pilot program to pitch mortgages to illegal aliens in Maricopa County, Ariz. If the bank proceeds, the plan could launch as soon as this summer. The New York bank joins Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co. and Fifth Third Bancorp, which also are experimenting with the loans.

Genworth Financial Inc., meanwhile, is testing insurance products tied to the loans. Deutsche Bank AG has teamed up with the Hispanic National Mortgage Association to develop a secondary market where big banks can sell and trade the loans, potentially reducing risk with keeping the mortgages on their balance sheets.”] source - http://www.foxvalleycitizens.com/EntryDetail.asp?entryID=439

By L1M89

November 14, 2008 2:56 AM | Link to this

More about those rotten odors emanating from our un-Kosher political cucarachas and not so much about an alleged shortage of Kosher snacks. -
“Kill the bailout: Illegal immigration and the mortgage mess” [“By Michelle Malkin · September 24, 2008 07:49 AM My syndicated column today tackles the bailout angle no one wants to talk about: Open borders and the home loan debacle. You’ve heard a lot about Fannie/Freddie and the minority lending shakedowns, but you haven’t heard most commentators/analysts on either the left or the right talk about the massive illegal alien mortgage racket - a topic I’ve reported on for the past five years. That’s because fault lies at the feet of the crime-enabling banking industry and the ethnic lobbyists and the illegal alien-enabling Bush administration.

They screwed us. Now, they want us to fork over a trillion dollars.

Screw them. Kill this bailout.

And I second Mark Krikorian: Credit is not a civil right. It’s not a civil right for illegal aliens. For foreign banks. For American banks. For anyone. The bailout proposal, as I noted earlier, now includes student loans and auto loan debt. Will our tax dollars next cover foreign student loan debts? Illegal alien in-state discounted college tuition debt? Where and when will it end? Oh, but pardon me. I’m just being, you know, an ideological purist.”] source - http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/24/illegal-immigration-and-the-mortgage-mess/

By L1M89

November 14, 2008 3:41 AM | Link to this

There hasn’t been much good news for industrious, hard working Americans lately and news about the loony left’s “New, New Deal” indicates we’re in for more financial pain. -
“Bailout Could Help Illegal Immigrants” Mon, 09/29/2008 - 11:17 — Judicial Watch Blog [“The massive government bailout of the nation’s financial system could help thousands of illegal immigrants who obtained home loans from banks that were encouraged to offer them by the federal agency in charge of preserving and promoting public confidence in the system.

The controversial $700 billion bailout will offer foreclosure relief for those at risk of losing their homes and that includes thousands of illegal immigrants who got mortgages from U.S. financial institutions thanks to a push from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which began encouraging banks to offer services to illegal immigrants a few years ago.

Headquartered in Washington D.C., The FDIC insures more than $3 trillion of deposits in U.S. banks and is managed by a five-person board of directors appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. In the last few years the agency succeeded in getting several large lending institutions to offer a variety of banking services to illegal aliens, including home loans.”] -
source - http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2008/sep/bailout-could-help-illegal-immigrants

“Illegal Immigrants Hold 5 Million Fraudulent Mortgages” Fri, 10/10/2008 - 11:49 - Judicial Watch Blog -
[“A seldom-reported fact that has greatly contributed to the nation’s financial crisis is that millions of illegal immigrants across the U.S. have fraudulent home mortgages and many have defaulted.

The illegal aliens obtained the loans from banks that were pressured by the government to offer them. In fact, the agency in charge of preserving and promoting public confidence in the nation’s financial system, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), began pushing banks to offer services to illegal immigrants a few years ago.

As a result, some 5 million fraudulent home mortgages are in the hands of illegal aliens, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a cabinet-level agency that strives to increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. Now U.S. banks routinely offer services to people without Social Security numbers by accepting the Mexican identification called matricula consular to open accounts.

Now the $700 billion government bailout of the nation’s financial system will help illegal immigrants who can’t afford their home loans. Isn’t it enough that U.S. taxpayers are already spending tens of billions of dollars annually for their education, health care and other costly social services?”] -
source - http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2008/oct/illegal-immigrants-hold-5-million-fraudulent-mortgages

By George

November 14, 2008 7:56 AM | Link to this

Weld Co. probe focuses on illegal tax refunds

GREELEY, Colo. — Weld County authorities are investigating the alleged use of stolen or phony Social Security numbers by suspected illegal immigrants to file for $2.6 million in tax deductions they’re not owed.

Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck told KUSA-TV in Denver that roughly 1,300 clients of a tax business in Greeley may have used stolen or phony Social Security numbers. Authorities scheduled a news conference for 10 a.m. Friday in the county commission’s meeting room.

Authorities say 11 suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested. The arrests stem from an investigation that began three months ago after a Texas man was audited by the IRS for underreporting his Colorado income. His Social Security number was stolen and used to file for tax refunds.

By GLO

December 8, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

Too many issues about immigrants,I’m hard worker Immigrant, I never meet one the come to get free stuf.the employers the hired them not enforce the law on working conditions because It’s the employers to enforce the law to take social security,IRS ect,ect or verified is the papers are legal,but no!now all the get blame is the Immigrant,when is more the employers are the one the brake the law to get rich of it.I know for a fact some of not immigrant get credit cards for more the 2000.000 thousands and never pay for it.those are the ones the hurts -riped THE TAXPAYERS money in USA let;s get realistic come on!!!!!!!!!!

By GLO

December 8, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

Too many issues about immigrants,I’m hard worker Immigrant, I never meet one the come to get free stuf.the employers the hired them not enforce the law on working conditions because It’s the employers to enforce the law to take social security,IRS ect,ect or verified is the papers are legal,but no!now all the get blame is the Immigrant,when is more the employers are the one the brake the law to get rich of it.I know for a fact some of not immigrant get credit cards for more the 2000.000 thousands and never pay for it.those are the ones the hurts -riped THE TAXPAYERS money in USA let;s get realistic come on!!!!!!!!!!

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