Just one more reason to pass strict immigration reform, "Mexican drug cartels operating in cities in the U.S. are buying up legitimate businesses to launder money and using some of the proceeds to win local mayoral and city council seats for politicians who can shape the policies and personnel decisions of their police forces, according to Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo."
In his new book, "In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security," Tancredo exposes what he has learned from meetings with law enforcement authorities regarding a concerted effort by the Mexican mafia and drug cartels to extend their corruptive influence in urban areas dominated by illegal alien populations.
"The Tijuana-based Felix drug cartel and the Juarez-based Fuentes cartel began buying legitimate business in small towns in Los Angeles County in the early 1990s," he writes in his new book published by WND Books. "They purchased restaurants, used-car lots, auto-body shops and other small businesses. One of their purposes was to use these businesses for money-laundering operations. Once established in their community, these cartel-financed business owners ran for city council and other local offices. Over time, they were able to buy votes and influence in an effort to take over the management of the town. They wanted to create a comfort zone from which they could operate without interference from local law enforcement." source
When the 2008 elections come around, if Hillary Clinton and John McCain are the choices offered to Americans by the democratic and republican parties, I'm hoping there will be a viable third choice..... Because those two are no choice at all.
Also posting:
DeMediacratic Nation, "Big cities reluctant to target illegals"
Vulnerable people have always needed to see the police as being there to protect and serve, and that can't happen when the first words out of a cop's mouth are, 'I need to see your papers - Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
Running around looking for illegal immigrants shouldn't be the first job of the police, but as some would have it, they wouldn't go after or try to identify them at all. That would make the Attas of the world happy.
The Uncooperative Blogger, "One State Goes Soft on Illegal Aliens and Another Cracks Down"
InMuscatine, "Immigration Bill Dead ?"From The Boston Globe:
Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly said yesterday it is not his responsibility to crack down on Massachusetts employers that hire undocumented immigrants, and he said he will continue his policy of taking no action against the companies.
In 2001, Reilly established a policy, saying his office would aggressively fight for the rights and wages of immigrant workers, legal or not, and promise not to report them to federal authorities.
I say it is not dead. Someone prove me wrong. GOP leaders: No immigration bill this year on Yahoo! News: In a defeat for President Bush, Republican congressional leaders said Tuesday that broad immigration legislation is all but doomed for the year, a victim of election-year concerns in the House and conservatives’ implacable opposition to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.
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Yes Thresher, I knew about Wells Fargo and also some other banks and financial institutions. It is really a shame. They go out specifically looking for illegals. I just don't get it.
That money and those loans could be used by legal Americans.
Posted by: Debbie | June 21, 2006 at 04:03 PM
What can you do to stop illegal immigration?
If you bank with Wells Fargo, you should take your business elsewhere because they have done more than any bank to help illegal immigrants get banking services, including loans for houses!
http://www.EmbargoWellsFargo.com
Posted by: Thresher | June 21, 2006 at 12:43 PM