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butterbean · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2271

News of Tuesday's ICE raid is stirring up familiar emotions and strong opinions about immigration. Those opinions may differ, but almost everyone agrees that Congress needs to do something on immigration soon.

ICE, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officers say Tuesday's raid tackled a serious crime: Identity theft.

At the same time, the raid brings up the usual troubling questions about immigration policy: Why just the Swift Meat packing plant? Why now? What happens to immigrants' families and who pays for their children's needs? What will the Swift plant do without these employees?

Policy makers in Washington had a chance to take on immigration reform last year and didn't. It needs to be addressed, more than ever, according to this immigration attorney.

German Flores, Immigration Attorney: "It's not really helping the problem, it really isn't. In fact, what's happening is it's affecting many employers."

It's the familiar argument that immigrants are playing a crucial role in the economy.

At a similar raid at Champion Safe in 2003, 135 people were detained-- about half turned out to be illegal immigrants. The loss of employees devastated the company, which considered a move to Mexico to recover.

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Blame the Bush administration for allowing illegal immigration get so out of control, that it is hurting everyone involved. Illegals need to be deported the same way Eisenhower handled the situation. Round them up, put them on buses, and ship them back to their home countries.