The normally cogent WSJ editorial page is sullied with this piece of idiocy, entitled, “Not Very Swift: Meatpacking raids, Mitt Romney and other immigration follies.” In it, the author decries the Swift raids, saying:
so far the Swift raids haven’t uncovered any al Qaeda cells, merely a bunch of hard-working people trying to feed their families. The operation involved more than 1,000 federal agents in six states. And of Swift’s 15,000 or so employees, a grand total of 144 have been charged to date with misidentifying themselves to get hired.
Put another way, 1,000 federal agents that could have been focused on potential terrorists or other dangerous threats were instead focused on a meatpacking company that hires thousands of willing unskilled workers and pays them more than twice the minimum wage with full health benefits after six months.
“Misidentifying themselves.” That’s a cute name for identity theft, which is a felony crime. We’re not talking about fake IDs here. We’re talking about somebody hijacking somebody else’s name and social security number.
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