It's the economy, stupid.

[GoCubsGo]

Ruh roh.

[O Really]

Yeah, I know - to keep saying the fault is on the law and not on the enforcers is just farting into the wind, but that doesn't mean it's not true. Back in 1986 when IRCA (Immigration Reform and Control Act) was passed and yes, that's a Reagan bill, employer began being required to have all new employees fill out the I-9 form. The I-9 requires the applicant to produce, and the employer to look at, various specified forms of identification and eligibility for employment. Sound reasonable, right? And enforcement was, maybe still is, vigorous with the fine to an employer for failing to get an I-9 about the same as actually hiring an undocumented person. But - big but - employers could not verify the credentials presented were real, nor were employers held responsible for accepting fake credentials. Soooooo - if you require those guys you picked up from in front of WalMart to fill out the I-9 and show you some paper, you're home free with the Immigration people. "Their credentials were fake?!! (clutching pearls) How can that be? I had no idea" Meanwhile you've got a year or so of work out of them before they (might) get caught in a Social Security number mismatch. A better solution back then, and a better solution now is to hammer the employers who hire undocumented workers, including putting them out of business if necessary, and find better ways to make immigrants in compliance. But then, if you solved your immigration "problem" you wouldn't have a political football, would you?

[1 CAT FAN]

Damn, O Really you've hired an illegal immigrant lawn service to cut your grass inside the gated community?

[GoCubsGo]

Yeah, I know - to keep saying the fault is on the law and not on the enforcers is just farting into the wind, but that doesn't mean it's not true. Back in 1986 when IRCA (Immigration Reform and Control Act) was passed and yes, that's a Reagan bill, employer began being required to have all new employees fill out the I-9 form. The I-9 requires the applicant to produce, and the employer to look at, various specified forms of identification and eligibility for employment. Sound reasonable, right? And enforcement was, maybe still is, vigorous with the fine to an employer for failing to get an I-9 about the same as actually hiring an undocumented person. But - big but - employers could not verify the credentials presented were real, nor were employers held responsible for accepting fake credentials. Soooooo - if you require those guys you picked up from in front of WalMart to fill out the I-9 and show you some paper, you're home free with the Immigration people. "Their credentials were fake?!! (clutching pearls) How can that be? I had no idea" Meanwhile you've got a year or so of work out of them before they (might) get caught in a Social Security number mismatch. A better solution back then, and a better solution now is to hammer the employers who hire undocumented workers, including putting them out of business if necessary, and find better ways to make immigrants in compliance. But then, if you solved your immigration "problem" you wouldn't have a political football, would you?

The law and/or the procedures are antiquated by modern standards, as well as the Social Security computer system.

And of course the entire issue is a skosh different.

[Vrede too]

The law and/or the procedures are antiquated by modern standards, as well as the Social Security computer system.

And of course the entire issue is a skosh different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsmgPp_nlok

Holy shit, who let those two woke libs into the GOP?

[GoCubsGo]

The law and/or the procedures are antiquated by modern standards, as well as the Social Security computer system.

And of course the entire issue is a skosh different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsmgPp_nlok

Holy shit, who let those two woke libs into the GOP?

Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?

[neoplacebo]

A wise man once said "fixation is the way of death; fluidity is the way of life." Bush and Reagan would both be anathema to the current version of wat passes for the Republican party. It's become a cult of lies and ignorance.

[Vrede too]

A wise man once said "fixation is the way of death; fluidity is the way of life." Bush and Reagan would both be anathema to the current version of what passes for the Republican party. It's become a cult of lies and ignorance.

An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.

The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by federal immigration officials, who raided the plant and arrested more than half its workforce.

The raid took place despite the company meticulously following the government's own system for verifying the workers were in the country legally, owner Gary Rohwer said Wednesday.

Glenn Valley Foods now is operating at about 30% of capacity as the business scrambles to hire more workers, Rohwer said as he stood outside the plant.

Were the arrestees criminals? No, they were hardworking, taxpaying contributors to the community.

... “I’d like to see the United States government ... come up with a program that they can communicate to the companies as to how to hire legitimate help. Period,” he said.

Pffft, they're too busy being jackboots.

... The raid, in the southeastern section of Omaha where nearly a quarter of residents are foreign born according to the 2020 census, led to hundreds of people turning out to protest Tuesday evening. But it also had a chilling effect on the south Omaha community.

The Metropolitan Community College’s South Omaha campus and an Omaha library branch in the area closed Tuesday afternoon, and several businesses along south Omaha's normally bustling 24th Street closed as news of the raid spread. Several of them remained closed Wednesday, said Douglas County Board of Commissioners Chairman Roger Garcia, whose district covers south Omaha.

“Everybody’s still on alert, waiting to see what happens today and in the coming days,” Garcia said. “So there’s still a lot of anxiety and fear out there.”

That fear will show up in the form of a weakened economy in Omaha, he added.

“You know, when products are not being sold, taxes are not being collected, and people are not able to get their goods as well. So it affects all of us,” he said.

TACO DonOLD, Friendly Fire Gnome, InHoman and Lyin' Lyons are bad for business.

... The raid came on the same day of the inauguration of newly elected Omaha Mayor John Ewing, a Democrat who unseated three-term Republican Jean Stothert last month.

During a news conference Wednesday to address the raid, Ewing declined to speculate on whether the timing of it was intended to distract from his swearing-in. But he denounced the action by federal authorities, saying, “My message to the public is that we are with them.”

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer also declared that his department will play no part in checking immigration or the legal status of residents in the community.

“That is not our mission. Our mission is public safety,” the chief said. “I need victims to come forward. They will not come forward if they’re fearful of Omaha Police Department being immigration officers.”

Heroes, serving the public when ICE is a cancer upon it.

[GoCubsGo]

The longer the debate goes, the worse the approval ratings will be.



Also, nutty alert!

[GoCubsGo]

Getting lost in The Supremes and BBB cycle today.



https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/pce-inf ... 2025-.html

[Supsalemgr]

Getting lost in The Supremes and BBB cycle today.



https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/pce-inf ... 2025-.html

And the DOW is up almost 500 points just before noon.

[Vrede too]

Getting lost in The Supremes and BBB cycle today.

https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.co ... lv75wdhg2p

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/pce-inf ... 2025-.html

That Ivy League billionaire MBA is bad for an economy that includes all of us. Who would have guessed?