October 26, 2007 9:45 AM
Immigration raid at hotel where Tancredo stayed
View image Photo by M.E. Sprengelmeyer
By M.E. Sprengelmeyer
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
A federal immigration raid has shut down a Vermont hotel where Rep. Tom Tancredo, a hard-line opponent of illegal immigration, stayed during a recent campaign visit to neighboring New Hampshire.
Tancredo told reporters about the coincidence during a visit to Davenport, Iowa, on Thursday night, saying he was surprised to learn the news from his New Hampshire campaign staff.
According to the Associated Press, agents from the Department of Homeland Security, FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week searched two hotels in Brattleboro, Vermont -- a Hampton Inn and a Quality Inn -- for alleged hiring of illegal immigrants.
The hotels' Canadian owner, Gurdeep Nagra, 38, was arrested and charged with harboring and employing illegal aliens, and lying to authorities to gain his own authorization to live in the United States. He pleaded not guilty at an arraignment Tuesday in Burlington, Vt.
Fourteen hotel workers were arrested on suspected immigration violations, the Associated Press said.
"Today's enforcement action is part of ICE's continued efforts to investigate those who hire and facilitate the hiring of illegal workers," Bruce Foucart, special agent in charge of ICE's Office of Investigations in Boston, said in a statement. "No employer, regardless of size, industry or geographic location, is immune from complying with our nation's laws."
The investigation reportedly began about a year ago -- long before Tancredo's Sept. 22, 2007, stayed at the Hampton Inn.
Tancredo has made immigration the centerpiece of his long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination, and for several years he has been harshly critical of President Bush's administration for what he considers lax enforcement of immigration laws.
In Muscatine, Iowa, on Thursday night, he told a handful of supporters gathered in a mostly empty high school auditorium that aggressive enforcement of existing laws against businesses that employ illegal immigrants would shut off the jobs "magnet" that prompts people to enter the country illegally.
"It wouldn't be an issue if we would enforce the law," Tancredo said.
Although he has been known to prompt immigration authorities to investigate cases -- as he did last week when congressional colleagues invited illegal immigrants to a briefing at the U.S. Capitol -- Tancredo said he was unaware of the issues at the hotel until after the raids.
When his staff told him about the news, he said his first thought was about his life on the road during the campaign and "that I can't distinguish one Hampton Inn from another."
View image Photo by M.E. Sprengelmeyer
October 27, 2007
11:24 AM
John R. Wunderlich writes:
When interior enforcement becomes a priority, many of our nation's problems will begin to be lessoned. But interior enforcement is not a priority because the government and first tier presidential candidates are not genuinely serious abbout the issue.
Google "Building a North American Community" an Independent Task Force Report by the Council on Foreign Relations to see the roadmap/ blueprint for the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) to learn the reason for this deceit being thrown at American citizens daily. Then go to www.spp.gov to compare the road map with the federal government's official story. You will see discrepancies and a lack of explanation for them.
Remember the summit in Quebec in August that stopped one day early because of the hurricane in Mexico? That is part of the evidence that the three governments are on the road to implementing a North American Community.
If you become concerned, find out which candidates are members of the Council on Foreign Relations and buy Jerome Corsi's best selling,The Late Great U.S.A. This week Glenn Beck did an hour titled Liberty in Peril on his Headline News show Corsi was the guest.. Glenn is afraid,
He called this and the Law of the Sea Treaty even greater threats to our freedom and sovereignty than World War II. The super rich are behind this plan and they seem to control coverage on it,
Coverage seems to be reduced to CNN' Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck. The big media seems to be owned by Counciil on Foreign Relations members who want this. One does not need the media for something as big as this story when there is the internet. Please use it folks. Pur way of life may depend on everyone informing themselves now.
Groups have been crying wolf for years about such things. But remember, Peter was right the last time about the wolf. This time there are major differences. There are plenty of "smoking guns" and there seems to be no way for a prudent person to discount the undeniable "Mount Everest" of facts tat are out there on this.
Administrative laws are being revised by commitees working in the US, Canada, and Mexico now. The date set for this "North American Community" in the task force report of 2005 is 2010, just one general election away. Find out now before it is too late for all of us to retain what we have and treasure now.
October 26, 2007
12:30 PM
maryj writes:
Nice recruitement poster for NRA,.
October 26, 2007
12:30 PM
maryj writes:
Nice recruitement poster for NRA,.
October 26, 2007
11:42 AM
Roni Bell writes:
ME,
Sorry to barg in on your blog with a subject unrelated to the "raid" - but getting on RMN's opinion was too cumbersome.
Sen Reid got excited about "a word" uttered by Limbaugh, thereby placing value on "a word." Sen Ken Salazar signed on to Reid's letter, also placing value on said word.
Yet at a farm bill hearing, my reminding to a Salazar aid that said bill should be correctly referred to as "The Consumer Farm Bill" (since 51% of the budget goes directly to food stamps and lunch room programs), was met with- "Senator Salazar's busy worrying about the war."