Innocent lives hurt when businesses break the law
Written by on April 22, 2011, 02:05 AM
When federal agents raided a chain of Chuy’s Restaurants across Arizona and California, more than 40 illegal aliens were arrested, along with several of the chain’s top executives were arrested, including the father-and-son owners and their accountant. Yes, LA RAZA & CO will scream and moan, but the illegal aliens apprehended here, aren't the victims. Neither are the business owners accused of breaking the law. The real victims are the legal employees whose jobs will be lost because their employer refused to obey the law.
A federal judge released the three business leaders who allegedly masterminded the restaurant chain’s scheme to operate with a crew of illegal aliens. Worse still, the three were released without so much as bail or bond. On their own recognizance, they have simply promised to show up again at a future date for their next court hearing. This is the same promise the Obama Administration routinely makes criminal illegal aliens arrested in the United States make before releasing them again onto the streets and into our communities.
Put aside, however, any questions as to whether the “Chuy’s Three” will show for their next court date. Put aside for a moment any questions you might have about how many of the 40+ criminal illegal aliens arrested in this operation will likewise be out on the streets again in a matter of days or weeks with little or nothing more than a promise that they, too, will come back again to face punishment for their crimes.
For the moment, please consider the most direct, but least mentioned victims: the American citizens who routinely lose their jobs in companies disrupted, or even closed, when they are caught breaking the law. These criminal enterprises are no better than fake businesses set up to launder drug money, and they damage they do to the communities in which they operate can be as bad, or worse.
Azfamily.com covered this story and interviewed a legal employee, Rachel Schooley, who would lose her job due to the closure of the restaurants. She had worked there for eight years, is a mother and is expecting another child soon. In today’s economy, her prospects of finding a new job will likely prove difficult.
The same businesses which lobby Congress and state legislatures across the nation for relaxed immigration laws, for focus on the budget instead of illegal immigration, and against Arizona conservatives who support measures like Arizona’s SB1070 and Georgia’s tough new law, have a responsibility to better police their own neighborhood.
Chambers of Commerce and other similar organizations are, of course, free to lobby for whatever they deem in the best interests of their members, but they do our cities, states and nations a tremendous disservice when they make villains out of those who are working to enforce the law – while doing seemingly little to protect those jobs which will be lost when businesses criminally hire illegal workers.
Rachel Schooley is one of thousands of Americans who will lose their jobs this year because their employers refused to obey the law.
A federal judge released the three business leaders who allegedly masterminded the restaurant chain’s scheme to operate with a crew of illegal aliens. Worse still, the three were released without so much as bail or bond. On their own recognizance, they have simply promised to show up again at a future date for their next court hearing. This is the same promise the Obama Administration routinely makes criminal illegal aliens arrested in the United States make before releasing them again onto the streets and into our communities.Put aside, however, any questions as to whether the “Chuy’s Three” will show for their next court date. Put aside for a moment any questions you might have about how many of the 40+ criminal illegal aliens arrested in this operation will likewise be out on the streets again in a matter of days or weeks with little or nothing more than a promise that they, too, will come back again to face punishment for their crimes.
For the moment, please consider the most direct, but least mentioned victims: the American citizens who routinely lose their jobs in companies disrupted, or even closed, when they are caught breaking the law. These criminal enterprises are no better than fake businesses set up to launder drug money, and they damage they do to the communities in which they operate can be as bad, or worse.
Azfamily.com covered this story and interviewed a legal employee, Rachel Schooley, who would lose her job due to the closure of the restaurants. She had worked there for eight years, is a mother and is expecting another child soon. In today’s economy, her prospects of finding a new job will likely prove difficult.
The same businesses which lobby Congress and state legislatures across the nation for relaxed immigration laws, for focus on the budget instead of illegal immigration, and against Arizona conservatives who support measures like Arizona’s SB1070 and Georgia’s tough new law, have a responsibility to better police their own neighborhood.
Chambers of Commerce and other similar organizations are, of course, free to lobby for whatever they deem in the best interests of their members, but they do our cities, states and nations a tremendous disservice when they make villains out of those who are working to enforce the law – while doing seemingly little to protect those jobs which will be lost when businesses criminally hire illegal workers.
Rachel Schooley is one of thousands of Americans who will lose their jobs this year because their employers refused to obey the law.
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When federal agents raided a chain of Chuy’s Restaurants across Arizona and California, more than 40 illegal aliens were arrested, along with several of the chain’s top executives were arrested, including the father-and-son owners and their accountant. Yes, LA RAZA & CO will scream and moan, but the illegal aliens apprehended here, aren't the victims. Neither are the business owners accused of breaking the law. The real victims are the legal employees whose jobs will be lost because their employer refused to obey the law.
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