Congratulations are in order for the Ellsworth, Maine Police Department. BangorDailyNews.com reports
ELLSWORTH – For the third time since August, a group of suspected illegal immigrants was detained in the city, this time after a routine traffic stop..Three men were arrested and taken Sunday to Bangor, where they were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Now I’m don’t know for sure, but I’m pretty certain that many communities, at least here in NH, might just shrug off the immigration stuff and allow such potential lawbreakers ("illegal" aliens = not legal = breaking the law) to go along on their merry way.
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Another thing about this story– we’re talking Ellsworth Maine, here– not "meat-packing country" like the deep South. Why would illegals be so far North? Again, from the BangorDailyNews: Ellsworth police Lt
Page said he didn’t know if the men were living in Maine but they told Wilmot they were working at an area wreath factory.
Police didn’t know which employer or whether the employer would be charged. Neighboring Washington County is a large producer of holiday wreaths.
Holiday wreaths? Now you know why that beautiful wreath you bought was pretty cheap. What does this mean? Are there no legal workers available to make wreaths? Are the wreath-makers simply not offering enough money to attract domestic workers? Are we all complicit in the crime of illegal immigrant employment when we purchase the goods these people produce?
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I think the illegal immigration problem is much worse than we’ve been led to believe. And the Spanish-speaking population expands apace. Right here in Central NH, in my town of Gilford, there is a brand-new Lowe’s ready to open. The "help wanted’ banner gives equal billing to both English and Spanish. I’m sure like the Lowe’s 10 miles up the road, EVERY sign will be in both languages. I didn’t know we had ANY Spanish-speaking citizens in these parts. But I suppose, "Build it, and they will come…"