I sat here in my chair, like I do many days, reading the politicos and the daily ramblings and musings of mere idiots. Then a simple page refresh on Yahoo! news revealed that 600 illegal aliens had been rounded up in a plant in Mississippi.

Unfortunately the news was wired by the AP so my first thought was to skip the details and revel in the fact that ICE is still out there doing their job (although it would take another 20,000 similar raids to get the rest of the illegal aliens out).

However, it was still early and I had some time to kill so I began reading the article. Like most of you I find it hard to stomach AP articles on immigration. They quickly go from the facts to some sob story about how the schools were empty because parents were scared etc etc.. just the same old AP garbage they always say.

But then a tantalizing tidbit exploded out of the screen and smacked me square in the head. Something that could signal we are on the verge of revisiting the 19th century in terms of labor.

Stuffed clear at the bottom the AP article after about 6 paragraphs of whining and sob interviews says and I paraphrase "some of the illegal workers were minors under 18".

Thats right folks, illegal immigration is bringing us to new lows in our 'progressive' view on cheap labor we are now employing illegal alien children OPENLY and ... AND... this is the important part. THESE ACTS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED BY CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, SANCTUARY CITIES, BUSINESS EXECS, and POLITICIANS LIKE BARAK OBAMA.

We as people should not be regressing back to 19th century labor practicis and encouraging them. We should be progressive in our labor policies. And that means ENFORCING THE FREAKING RULES!

Stop child labor, stop illegal labor.

p.s. was I the only person gleeful that a union guy tipped ICE off and that is what lead to this raid?