Comments on Tom Roeser: Personal Aside: There It Goes Again—The USCCB. Oba...

Tom: "Dr. Kobach in The New York Times: “... ...

2010-05-03T01:17:11.259-05:00

Tom: "Dr. Kobach in The New York Times: “... a misdemeanor for an alien to carry certain documents..."

ITYM "_fail_ to carry certain documents..."

Jack: "Your conservative brethren are just as...

2010-05-03T01:07:06.988-05:00

Jack: "Your conservative brethren are just as opposed to meaningful immigration reform (or enforcement of existing immigration laws)..."

Stop confusing business with conservatives. Most conservatives are disgusted by the way business sabotages immigration enforcement.

Different James Bowman, who thinks like me and wit...

2010-05-01T09:12:53.914-05:00

Different James Bowman, who thinks like me and with five kids has 5/6 as many as I and in all respects is an estimable writer whom I would gladly emulate. Alas, I am James Bowman, of Oak Park IL, who writes as Jim Bowman. See my blog at www.blithe-spirit.com.

IIRC, James Bowman is also an excellent movie crit...

2010-04-30T19:03:25.165-05:00

IIRC, James Bowman is also an excellent movie critic, having worked in that capacity for the American Spectator.

As to USCC: away with them. Crucify them.

Your conservative brethren are just as opposed to ...

2010-04-30T10:48:40.042-05:00

Your conservative brethren are just as opposed to meaningful immigration reform (or enforcement of existing immigration laws) as the wildest wild-eyed lefty one-worlders. Who would bus our tables, change sheets at our hotels, clean our stores and warehouses, be nannies to our kids, or cut our lawns if we cut off the steady flow of illegals? George Bush said Americans are addicted to oil. Too many Americans are also addicted to illegal labor.

That's why the article in Tuesday's Sun-Times about the arrest of two Bensenville men is so significant. Clinton Roy Perkins and his son-in-law Christopher J. Reindl "are accused of paying [their illegal immigrant] work force in cash, not deducting taxes and doctoring dozens of Social Security numbers." They allegedly funneled day laborers to various jobs including "janitorial services; loading and unloading of freight packages and merchandise; and installing and removing structures inside warehouses." I can't believe the charges were actually filed.

This is how corporate America keeps its skirts clean on the illegal alien issue: They sub out work. Of course, anyone with a pencil and a piece of paper must know that no contractor providing properly documented workers for janitorial services could make money and supply the numbers of persons required. When some Fortune 500 CEOs are made to do a perp walk for knowingly hiring subs that use illegals, then I'll believe the government is serious about immigration.

Of course, business won't stand for this because paying minimum wage costs too much. But... we could always carve out an exception for workers under (pick a number) 25... 22... 19. That would get some incentive for employers to hire legal American kids for $4 an hour (or whatever) to bus tables or sweep floors... the kinds of jobs that used to serve as a young person's entree to the world of work.

Of course, conservative businessmen won't press for this... not seriously... and you know why? Because Jose and Maria, scared of being deported, will never ask for time off. Billy and Susie will want to go to the prom or to the Big Game....