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December 12, 2007

Arkansas’ Illegal Immigration Crisis: Part II

Filed under: Commentary,News,Opinion — idealistferret @ 9:37 pm

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=7477614A few days ago, several Acambaro restaurants in Northwest Arkansas were raided as part of an investigation of their harboring and employing of illegal immigrants. While this was not particularly shocking, what surprised me was that the four owners of the business were also arrested as illegal immigrants.While I am not familiar with all of the permits and things needed to open a restaurant, I am sure that there must be some step in the process that requires identification. Maybe they had false documents, but I would think that someone, somewhere, would have asked for a birth certificate or some form of paperwork verifying legal residency.When someone circumvents the system, they possibly block those who are here legally from attaining the American dream. Who knows whether some of the other Mexican restaurants in the area that have closed are ones run by legal immigrants that were forced out of business by the Acambaro restaurants?While I feel that immigrants should be free to open any business they choose in our country, I believe that only those who are here legally should do so. Anything else is a mockery of the dream that has sustained immigrants for many years in the past and for years to come.

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