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Friday, March 28, 2008
Editorial: City official busted for hiring workers
Excessive crackdowns on illegal immigrant labor will only push the problem elsewhere and lead to more needless arrests.
An Orange County Register editorial
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When dealing with the issue of illegal immigration, it's hard to find any areas of common ground or even a little nuance. A large segment of the population in this county is downright angry about the problem, and local politicians are rushing to offer measures that deal with the angst – even though council members and even state legislators can't do much about what remains primarily a federal issue. We see mostly efforts that chip at the problem around the edges.
For instance, the cities of Mission Viejo and Lake Forest have passed laws that allow sheriff's deputies to issue citations or arrest those who trespass on private property and refuse to leave. The laws target day laborers who hang around strip malls or along the roads, and at the people who hire them. Such laws seem perfectly reasonable. Property owners should be able to shoo away people who trespass and cause trash and safety problems. But such laws also have unforeseen side effects.
Placentia's Public Works Director Gerry Hubble has been getting quite a bit of criticism since it was reported that on Sept. 15 he stopped his truck in a retail parking lot in Lake Forest and tried to hire two workers to help him move some railroad ties. As the Register reported, the security guard hired by the property owner called deputies, who arrested Mr. Hubble and the two men he wanted to hire. Mr. Hubble is being charged for trespassing and could face a six-month sentence or a $1,000 fine.
An assortment of anti-illegal-immigration activists associated with the Minuteman Project showed up at a recent Placentia City Council meeting and peppered Mr. Hubble with insults, calling him a "criminal," "pathetic" and a "piss-poor American," according to the Register article. Another protester held a sign, and Mr. Hubble has been the subject of scorn on Web sites.
He argues that he was not trespassing, because he intended to also buy some water in a nearby store. The law applies to those who trespass and refuse to leave, and we see no indication that Mr. Hubbell refused to leave the premises. We wonder the sense of prosecuting this as a crime. Why not a mere citation? Certainly, property owners need a means to remove people from their property – but this is a bit of an overreach.

What's needed is a place where people can legitimately buy and sell labor – which is a legitimate and noble purpose, regardless of the nation's illogical immigration laws. Excessive crackdowns will only push the problem elsewhere and lead to more needless arrests.
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