I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kirspy Kreme for making my state and federal policing officials look lazy. No, I'm not talking about them eating the doughnuts. According to this, it seems that an illegal immigrant called a press conference to talk about her sexual harassment lawsuit against the pastry maker to the press and no one showed up to arrest and deport her.
I'll say that again. An illegal immigrant called a press conference to talk about her sexual harassment lawsuit against Krispy Kreme and no policing agency arrived to arrest her.
I realize we went to "Code Orange" today and all, but damn. This person is in the country illegally, we are supposed to be tightening up our borders. She announces where she'd be and when, and they can't swing a car and a couple of guys in suits by to pick her up after she is done. And I don't want to hear anything about "it would look bad if we deported her during her lawsuit" crap. We don't have to deport her yet. We hold her in custody and request a quick trial date. When the court date comes around, you let her get dressed up in regular clothes so that the federal pen pajamas don't influence the jury. Have the trial, and ship her ass home! With whatever she wins. Minus the cost of her deportation expenses.
It is just that easy. She is a criminal. She goes to jail. Since the sentence for her crime is to be deported. Boom! She's gone baby. Why is this so difficult?
I know the news report said nothing about her being an illegal alien. They used the code words "undocmented worker". That is why she originally declined to join the lawsuit. Because she knows she is commiting an illegal act and didn't want to be noticed. I guess that won't be a big deterent now. Sorry to be so focused here, but Washington State has had a rash of crime committed by illegals. Just one example. Last summer, two nuns were raped at knife-point and one of them was strangled to death with her own rosary beads by an illegal who came to America to get away from Mexican authorities.
And why did she have kids at 13? And again at 17? Seems like a well adjusted individual we have here. And why didn't she bring them to America with her? Oh yeah, because she snuck up here illegally.
I have nothing against immigrants. Legal immigrants. That is how my grandfather and grandmother got here. It isn't hard to apply for. I work with probably 40+ legal immigrants. I have never complained about them "coming up here and taking all the jobs". They work just as hard as I do and contribute to the community. That is great. That is exactly what the American Experience is all about. More power to them.
But this woman gets to go home and sit around while waiting for her trial date. Claiming welfare if she wants. And that is not the right thing. A set of pajamas and flip flops and some roommates are.
Posted by AnalogKid at May 21, 2003 06:23 AM | TrackBackAre you an employer, great news!
Sexually harrass your immigrant workers and if they complain, hey dont worry we will deport them!
It's a gropers charter, thanks guys!
Posted by: harmonia on May 21, 2003 11:22 AMI'm too lazy to google this, but I seem to remember something about the King County Council forbidding Seattle police to notify immigration authorities when they pick up illegals. This is just more of the same. OTOH, one of my best friends is a (dependent) resident alien. She's been here for 9 years, and after 8 years of paperwork, is on the verge of getting her card so she can legally work. At this rate, we're hoping for citizenship by, oh, 2020.
Posted by: Leigh on May 22, 2003 12:06 AMSorry har, your "gropers charter" doesn't fly because I also believe the manager who hired her should be asked how he deemed her employable. Did she have documentaion? If so lets see the photocopies you're supposed to take. If they're faked theres another crime. No documents, he committed a crime for which he should be charged. Just because she's a she, doesn't mean that hiring an illegal is ok. That is how we got into this situation in the first place.
And it is only the city of Seattle's employees who cannot ask a persons immigration status. State and federal employees have no such hand binding rules and can (and should) arrest at will.
As for your friend Leigh, her dependancy is the hangup. I work with a guy who has been in country, with his wife and 2 kids, for less than 3 years and he will be eligable for his exam in a year and a half. His wife will have to wait longer becuase of no working documentation. She has decided to go to school to get some kind of background. But if you don't do things to make you residence stand out they have nothing to look at to expidite your status.
Posted by: analog kid on May 22, 2003 12:41 AMI have to say in all candor, I really hate doughnuts, especially the iced cream filled kind. Yuck......
Dad being a cop in the sixties and early seventies meant never having to pay for the friggin things. Freebies and gimmes, here officer, take these home to your kids. Nice people one and all, decent well meaning, but sweet Jesus I learned to loathe those doughy little greaseballs.
I'm not even going to delve into dad's fondness for Spam.
Posted by: puggs on May 22, 2003 01:55 AMI agree wholeheartedly with you on rings of dough, puggs. My second job was at Winchell's. The pizza guys next door loved them though, so I got lots of pizza.
"Spam, spam, spam, eggs, sausage, spam, spam, and spam.""But I hate spam!"
Posted by: analog kid on May 22, 2003 03:36 AM