I read an article in Fox News online dated June 27, 2007 that states Home Depot in California was forced to build a separate facility on their property for the illegal day laborers that hang out in the area waiting for jobs. The local governments, Mountain View and Burbank, are holding back building permits required for Home Depot to build their stores unless Home Depot provides security and maintains a facility, complete with restrooms and air conditioning, for these illegals.
What brought this about? The neighbors in the area complained that the day laborers were urinating, etc in the area and they did not want to see this. I would be upset too. But instead of the local government forcing the police force to do its job by moving these guys to somewhere else or arresting them for public indecency like they do to its tax paying citizens, the city council seizes an opportunity to extort money from Home Depot! Is it Home Depots fault these illegals hang out where they do? No! I have seen day laborers standing on street corners in various cities hoping someone will pick them for work and I have never heard of any of those nearby businesses being forced to pay for shelter and facilities for these illegals.
Why is Home Depot being singled out? Is it because they have deep enough pockets to feed the cities’ greedy politicians? Is Home Depot an easy target? This is nothing more than another example of abuse of power by corrupt government officials.
In addition, these money-extorting cities are allowing illegals to thrive in their jurisdictions by not turning them over to Immigration Service. Why are they not turning them in? Why are these local governments not enforcing their laws? Perhaps they are afraid of a backlash from the already bloated population of illegals in their communities? Perhaps they are making money off of these people?
Dealing with illegals is the responsibility of the federal government, so turn them in to the federal government and have them removed. It is plain to see that these cities have ignored this problem for far too long, because their numbers are increasing. The city can’t support them anymore so they extort money from local businesses to do it. Unbelievable! The city managers and councils should be ashamed of themselves!
This is so unbelievable that I have to repeat it to make sure I have it right, Home Depot is being forced to share in the cost of supporting illegal immigration because the local government does not want to kick them out of our country! There must be some financial benefit to these local governments in having illegals in their cities. Can anybody shed some light on this matter? I am perplexed.
