Thread: New York breaks cigarette-smuggling ring linked to militants

Originally Posted by ExCaliGal

How is it people from other countries seem to own business's and why do they own so many..why aren't they the ones working for Americans or why aren't they working factories or anything but owning gas stations , 7-11s and subways for god sake.....

Family members, friends, neighbors, etc. pool their money so that one of them can buy a business and hire the others to work there without checking their immigration status.

Ok so where and how do they get the money to pool together ...do they have that kind of money and that large of a family to be able to buy a subway...what about the red tape you have to go through?
I love my family but to go into business with them ....

Originally Posted by ExCaliGal

Ok so where and how do they get the money to pool together ...do they have that kind of money and that large of a family to be able to buy a subway...what about the red tape you have to go through?
I love my family but to go into business with them ....

Some people actually have money that they bring with them when they come here. Others borrow money from crooks like the cigarette smugglers and then they have to buy the cigarettes that they sell from the smugglers to make money to pay back the loan and the interest. They work together because they often can't get a job anyplace else, because of their lack of English or lack of job skills. By working long hours for low wages they get job skills and learn everyday English which helps them get a better job someday or buy a business in the same manner.

Ok got it....when the Vietnamese landed in Orange County Ca ,the government-gave them money or lent them money plus government aide...they also drove the best cars back then.....so I was thinking our government helped them..

Originally Posted by ExCaliGal

Ok got it....when the Vietnamese landed in Orange County Ca ,the government-gave them money or lent them money plus government aide...they also drove the best cars back then.....so I was thinking our government helped them..

I think people who come here as refugees/asylum seekers still get government aid, in Medicaid, welfare, WIC, etc.

And some families have some members who sell drugs or commit other crimes to make the money. N.Y. pizza guy charged with delivering cocaine

5:36 p.m. EDT May 17, 2013


This Thursday photo provided by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York shows cocaine wrapped in black plastic and placed in the center of a pizza box after being confiscated in a narcotics arrest in New York. Authorities say Ramon Rodriguez, 45, used his job at a pizzeria as a cover to sell cocaine, making 19 sales of the drug to an undercover officer since the fall of 2011.(Photo: AP/Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York))
Story Highlights

• Ramon Rodriguez was taken into custody after selling a kilo of cocaine using a pizza box as cover
• Police say he made at least 19 sales to an undercover officer
• Officers report he told them he was moving away from pizza delivery to drug sales

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a Brooklyn man arrested on drug charges used his job at a pizzeria as a cover as he delivered more than pizza pies.
Officials on Thursday announced the arrest of 45-year-old Ramon Rodriguez. They say he had made at least 19 sales of cocaine to an undercover officer since the fall of 2011.
He was taken into custody on Wednesday night after authorities said he sold a kilo of cocaine in front of the Brooklyn pizza store where he worked, using a pizza box as a cover.
Authorities say Rodriguez told officers over the course of the undercover effort that he was breaking away from pizza deliveries to make the drug sales.
There was no information on a lawyer for Rodriguez. He was awaiting arraignment later Thursday.
　
　
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/17/brooklyn-coke-delivery/2216295/