Sweatshop supporter Ted Kennedy will never support immigration enforcement

Posted Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 9:29 am
Our favorite Senator, Ted Kennedy, offers "Families pay the price for failed system" about the Michael Bianco Inc. raids. As with the "news" report from Maria Sacchetti and Yvonne Abraham of the Boston Globe, it features a sympathetic photo of a "victim" of the raids.
All over New Bedford on Tuesday, hundreds of women and men woke up, kissed their children goodbye and left for another day of work at Michael Bianco Inc. They knew it would be a grueling day because there was no other kind of day in the sweatshop-like conditions of the factory. But they were willing to work hard and without complaint because they believed in the American Dream, in which hard work creates a hope for a better life - if not for them, then for their children.
Note to "liberals": Teddy Kennedy is supporting working in a sweatshop. I bet if I looked hard enough I could find similar articles written about slaves working in the fields or child laborers working in the factories of Dickens-era London.
What happened next was a tragic example of the desperate state of our current immigration policy. Hundreds of armed police and immigration officers raided the factory, creating panic among the workers. They handcuffed unarmed men and women in the same factory where the workers had already known nothing but indignity at the hands of their employer.

...We must enforce our nation's immigration laws. But the raids in New Bedford and elsewhere are merely a stopgap solution that unfairly penalizes vulnerable workers in an already flawed system...
As already pointed out a few times, those who make this sort of argument are full of it. Teddy Kennedy will never support enforcement and will always find some sort of excuse. If "reform" passes, he'll say it wasn't the enforcement he had in mind originally and try to water it down (even further). Or, he'll do what he's doing now: say we shouldn't enforce our laws until the (next) "reform" passes.

Comments

Jeebie (not verified)

Mon, 03/12/2007 - 15:37

Everything he does only furthers and supports one thing, no matter the cost to America, or anyone else in the world. Ted only supports Ted.

amanda (not verified)

Wed, 03/14/2007 - 04:37

Let's see: 'callousness', he's 'heartbroken', 'vulnerable workers', and the giveaway you think laws and borders are simply too mean to enforce: 'humanity'. After all that weepiness and sympathy for law breaking, how do these people like Kennedy and Jacoby then throw in "[w]e must enforce our nationÂ’s immigration laws" and keep a straight face? 'It will also hold employers accountable for verifying the immigration status of the workers they hire in the future, and significantly increase penalties against employers who hire and exploit undocumented workers. etc.' Sounds great, Edward! Let's start with that and see how it plays out. It will take time to fully implement and work the kinks out anyway. We wouldn't want to be premature with anything else until the enforcement system is up and running, would we? What's that? You insist on having the big amnesty and oxymoronic 'guest worker' program written into law before we can hold employers accountable? Pardon me, but that sounds like you're cynically holding enforcement hostage. Wait, now you're telling me it's actually *impossible* to enforce workplace law without amnesty and a concurrent guest worker program? Sorry if that sounds like the very definition of a non sequitur but I don't hold a degree in Bushean logic. So with your proposal you and Cardinal Rog get the unringable bell of a massive amnesty and Bush Inc. and its shareholders get their subsidized by the rest of us cheap labor. As for enforcement, I get to rely solely on the will of the next president and all the major contenders for that office just happen to toe the CFR open borders line. If he drops the ball, you would really put the pressure on seeing as how you're so into holding employers accountable. Just like you did in '86...oh, never mind.