Thread: Ex-marine takes out ad for Day Laborers

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Man's ad praises day laborers


By DANIEL GILBERT
dgilbert@potomacnews.com
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

The scores of Hispanic men looking for work outside the Woodbridge 7-Eleven are easy to spot from the road, strung out along the curb in rugged, paint-spattered clothes.
But one resident thinks they are not visible enough.

Gary Jacobsen placed an ad in the Potomac News and Manassas Journal Messenger for six days last week, calling attention in bold, capital letters to the day laborers who gather daily at the corner of U.S. 1 and Longview Drive.

At a time when day laborers are often criticized as eyesores and symptoms of illegal immigration, Jacobsen sees them as a competent, cheap solution to the odd stoop labor job.

"The goal is to let people know they are there," said Jacobsen, 65. "In 90-degree heat, these guys will work like the devil all day."

Jacobsen, an ex-Marine who has lived in the county since 1974, doesn't care that the men are uninsured, need to be paid in cash and rarely speak English.

"I don't ask about their immigration status. As far as I'm concerned, they're all legitimate workers."

Across the region, day laborers have stirred a debate on how to handle an influx of immigration at a local level.

In Herndon's May election, voters unseated their mayor and three council members who had voted to use public funds for a day labor center. A lawsuit is currently pending to close down the workers' center.

The Prince William County Board of Supervisors has rejected spending public funds to assist day laborers, pinning responsibility for the men on the federal government.

"What you see on the streets of communities across Northern Virginia is the result of the federal government not being able to enforce its own immigration laws," said Sean Connaughton, chairman of the Prince William Board of Supervisors. "We're trying to deal with a problem we can't solve."

After 25 day laborers were arrested for loitering outside the Woodbridge 7-Eleven in October 2004, the store's owners agreed to allow the workers to gather by the store's perimeter until 10 a.m.

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OK, I served this country so this ex-marine can say or do what he wants, but as far as I am concerned, he crossed the line. If he likes the day laborers so much, he can be deported right back south of the border with them. I've had it...

The frustration continues...
Formerly Manlyva

He should be ashamed Maybe he should have the joy of living next to a group house filled with them.

This guy was no Marine!!
He may have gone through boot camp but there is more to being a Marine than just wearing the uniform, it has to come from the heart!
Semper Fi.

waste of good military training.

You don't stop defending your country because your out of the Military. This guy should do some serious soul searching, he should be ashamed of himself .

At a time when day laborers are often criticized as eyesores and symptoms of illegal immigration, Jacobsen sees them as a competent, cheap solution to the odd stoop labor job.

Notice the word "cheap". That is the entire point, and he works them all day in 95 degree weather. In my opinion this guy is the epitome of the greedy American business owners that are causing this problem in our country. When his workers get sick they probably go to the emergency room for free medical care. To supplement the low wages he pays I would bet that their families are getting WIC, food stamps, and welfare money. The rest of us pay for him to make money.
This ex-marine should be in the brig.

Jacobsen, an ex-Marine who has lived in the county since 1974, doesn't care that the men are uninsured, need to be paid in cash and rarely speak English.

The attitude of a criminal with a complete disregard for our laws. This military man needs his attidude adjusted. A display of such disipline is not becoming of a veteran.

There are more FAKE VETS running around out there than one can count. Even the VA is notorious for giving these "fakes" benefits. There's no proof that he is a Vet so I'm taking this one with a large grain of salt unless he proves otherwise. This one smells like a dead fish.

In the real Marine Corps, this guy would be known as a sh*tbird!!!!

The more I think on this the more I'm pretty sure the guy knew exactly what he was doing. Quite clever and funny too.

I mean, he stated what his goal was, basically put a big neon sign over their heads and was sarcastic about the day-worker "industry" (for lack of a better word), got alot of them busted and all without getting slammed for being racist by the illegals themselves, pro-illegal and pc groups.

Hehe, pretty good.