Burning Atlanta

I have not one iota of symapthy for those jerks who show a total disregard for our laws and have children in the knowledge they are subject to arrest and deportation at any time. Don't come whining to me about splitting up families. These are families that never should have been created. If they really cared about children they wouldn't have had any under those circumstances.

As is typical after such events, the whiners come out of the woodwork.

Deport them all.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ Immigration reform advocates and religious leaders hope hundreds of people will descend on a small Iowa town this month for a rally in support of workers arrested in a large raid at a meatpacking plant.Organizers are using the raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. kosher meatpacking plant in Postville on May 12 as an example of what's wrong with the nation's immigration laws. Federal officials have called it the largest single immigration raid in the nation's history.

The rally in Postville, population 2,200, is scheduled for July 27 and was organized by Jewish and Catholic groups from Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota.

"Our national immigration policies are tearing apart and hurting hardworking, taxpaying people who are just here trying to support their families," said Tom Walsh of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, a Chicago-based group helping organize the rally.

More than 175 families in Postville, including more than 500 children, "just lost not only their mother or father, but in many cases, the sole breadwinner for their homes," he said. Validated time after time, the last bastion argument of a bleeding-heart liberal is "What about the children?"

Organizers are worried that the rally could draw too many supporters and are asking that anyone planning to attend register with their groups.

"It's so clear that the town has been devastated by the raid and they are reeling and they are trying to cope with it and trying to help the families cope with it," said Jane Ramsey, executive director of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. "We want to come out with a strong support, (but) we don't want to overwhelm the community." My ass. Pre-emptive damage control if virtually nobody shows up.