Thread: Coverage of Postville raid misses the point

Published May 30, 2008 12:24 am -

Coverage of Postville raid misses the point




I have read the public reaction to the Postville raid and am amazed at how the press and local politicians have missed the point so badly. The direction of the story has been to blame the government for making the raid, discussing the economic hardship it might bring to the community, with our own mayor bemoaning what would happen were there to be a raid in Ottumwa. The real story has been clouded with political correctness and misguided concern for the immigrant population.


In 1906, author Upton Sinclair wrote “The Jungle,â€

good aritcle i thought . But i have one point to make , the most powerful point also i believe . Slave labor , yeah . Were the "Slave Masters" arrested ? NO

I think that is funny how he gets everything right until the last paragraph where he goes whacko. He wants Comprehensive legiislation to allow people who want to do so to immigrate here legally. There are far too many immigrants now. Legislation is supposed to optimize conditions for citizens not people who want to immigrate. We would be hurt if there were no immigrants but how many, with what skills, from where are supposed to be things we decide.