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The Postville, Iowa raid of a Kosher meatpacking plant earlier this month not only was unprecedented in terms of the number of workers detained - nearly 400 with warrants ready for up to 300 more. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did something it has rarely done before, and certainly not on this scale. It prosecuted 297 individuals for presenting false documents to procure their employment. 270 workers will spend five months in prison and another 27 received probation.
Whether you agree with this tactic or not, when DHS switches from administrative to criminal enforcement measures, various constitutional protections are triggered. Chief among them are the right to due process and the right to counsel.
The attached letter from the American Immigration Lawyers Association lays out the concerns.
"This has nothing to do with immigration. These illegals could've taken jobs that don't require SS cards, and they wouldn't have been in trouble."
" There are a lot of jobs that "do not require" SS numbers. They are usually paid off the books. "
Hmmm... Are you still recommending that reading comprehention class? Because I might as well take it, as I am dumb enough not to be able to reconcile these three statements without seeing an apparent conflict.
I did read the link, and I never said that identity theft is a victimless crime. What I am arguing is where there WAS identity theft. And that should be decided case by case in the court of law, not in wholesale lot guilty pleas.