Yet another reason why living in LA sucks

[OCmike]

LA mayor warns ICE to back off immigration raids

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa warned that work-site raids on nonexploitative" businesses could have a severe impact on the local economy. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is asking federal officials to rethink their policy on workplace immigration crackdowns that involve established businesses and to focus on employers that mistreat workers instead.

The mayor said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff that work-site raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement could have "severe and long-lasting effects" on the local economy, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

More than 130 undocumented workers were arrested at a San Fernando Valley manufacturing company in February and over 60 workers were arrested for immigration violations at South Bay-area warehouses last week.

Los Angeles companies such as clothing manufacturer American Apparel Inc. have reported being questioned by ICE officials about their hiring procedures.

Villaraigosa accused federal officials of targeting "established, responsible employers" in industries that rely on "workforces that include undocumented immigrants."

"In these industries, including most areas of manufacturing, even the most scrupulous and responsible employers have no choice but to rely on workers whose documentation, while facially valid, may raise questions about their lawful presence," he wrote in the March 27 letter.

So everybody else is complaining that ICE isn't doing enough, and this guy is complaining that they're doing their job? Unfucking real... I guess that's what you get when you elect a militant La Raza prick as your mayor. Nice going, LA.

[Mikey]

If they're really serious about catching some illegals they should show up at the bottom of my driveway every Sunday at 7:30 am. That's about the time my doorbell rings almost every week.

What I don't get is why, when I don't get out of bed and answer the door on the first ring, the putos always ring a couple more times. If they wanted to get on my good side they would at least bring the newspaper up the hill - but no, they never do. I still wouldn't give them any yard work but at least I wouldn't have to go get it myself.

[OCmike]

Never had them bring my paper to the house (but I've never had a driveway as long as yours. What they like to do in the areas I've been in in OC and LA county is paint your house numbers on the sidewalk and THEN try to charge you $25 for the paint job. Less paying anything for something that they do with spray paint and stencils in 10 seconds...and especially not $25.

Me: Sorry-o, no-o, dinero-o.

[Mister Bushice]

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

What a pathetic fraud. His career is essentially over.

Haven't been following LA Politics - why is that?

[.m2]

What LA needs is a red-headed jumping bean. Being that it's native to the desert southwest region of North America.

What's more intriguing than the Mexican jumping bean???

I actually heard that one was spotted down there in the smog.

[OCmike]

What LA needs is a red-headed jumping bean. Being that it's native to the desert southwest region of North America.

What's more intriguing than the Mexican jumping bean???

I actually heard that one was spotted down there in the smog.

You eat mushrooms when you worked at your $50 million ( ) company too?

[Uncle Fester]

Toof, I always thought you lived in the wind chime covered treehouse that was featured on your old website. Speaking of which, I can't find the site anymore.

What the hail am I supposed to do if I get a wind chime jones at 3:00 a.m.? Find an all-night Menards?

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Speaking of wind chimes...doesn't that sound pretty much jump the shark after the first clang?