Comments on: The Sanctuary on Postville, Iowa http://ericstoller.com/blog/2008/08/28/the-sanctuary-on-postville-iowa/ | social justice | higher education | technology | Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: FinanceBuzz http://ericstoller.com/blog/2008/08/28/the-sanctuary-on-postville-iowa/#comment-29652 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:58:59 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2008/08/28/the-sanctuary-on-postville-iowa/#comment-29652 I don't mean to be insensitive, but this gentlemen is identified as a Spanish professor not a lawyer. Thus, what standing does he have to assess the appropriateness of the charges and the guilt of those charged? Now that being said, I can see the point he is making. Illegal immigration can be a tough question, but at the end of the day, if they are here illegally, they are in violation of the law. If they want to go home and then attempt to return legally, I do not have a problem with that. I would ask, Eric, what you would have done with these workers? I will also say that if the employer knowingly employed illegals, which it appears that they did, they should be punished as well. So long there is a market for illegal immigrant labor, immigrant will continue to attempt to enter this country illegally. Thus, when business owners and operators violate immigration or other laws in employing illegal immigrants, then they should be punished even more harshly than those who did little more than break an immigration law. I don’t mean to be insensitive, but this gentlemen is identified as a Spanish professor not a lawyer. Thus, what standing does he have to assess the appropriateness of the charges and the guilt of those charged? Now that being said, I can see the point he is making. Illegal immigration can be a tough question, but at the end of the day, if they are here illegally, they are in violation of the law. If they want to go home and then attempt to return legally, I do not have a problem with that. I would ask, Eric, what you would have done with these workers?

I will also say that if the employer knowingly employed illegals, which it appears that they did, they should be punished as well. So long there is a market for illegal immigrant labor, immigrant will continue to attempt to enter this country illegally. Thus, when business owners and operators violate immigration or other laws in employing illegal immigrants, then they should be punished even more harshly than those who did little more than break an immigration law.

]]> by: Dennis http://ericstoller.com/blog/2008/08/28/the-sanctuary-on-postville-iowa/#comment-29124 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:57:25 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2008/08/28/the-sanctuary-on-postville-iowa/#comment-29124 Thank you for posting this. It's very much heartening to see people struggle in such plain, direct terms for the basic humanity of themselves and others. Thank you for posting this. It’s very much heartening to see people struggle in such plain, direct terms for the basic humanity of themselves and others.

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