Koch Foods is a food processor and distributor company located in Park Ridge, Illinois. Of course, the actual nasty business of killing and processing thousands of chickens every day is done in plants located where there is cheap labor, which means most of Koch Foods' processing plants are in the deep south. Many of Koch's 14,000 employeees are minorities and many are undocumented, a fact known by the employer.
Yesterday, President Trump visited two American cities where mass murders claimed 31- lives, mostly Hispanics. The President claimed he was received by hospital staff, patients and first responders with great respect and love. One day after his self-proclaimed love fest in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Trump's administration gave thumbs up to ICE raids on undocumented Koch Foods workers in six Mississippi cities. Approximately 700 undocumented workers were arrested. Sure, you guessed, Hispanics.
These raids took place on the first day of school attendance in most of these communities. Now let's reflect for a moment. All you white mommies and daddies, like me, can recall our little darlings first day of school each year...sure we can...THINK! We couldn't wait until our little turd blossoms sat down at the supper table so we could ask all those feel good questions, which drips of our gooey love and adoration. I took part in that little game with three kids and I've seen and heard stories about fifteen grandkids and now the great grandkids. My God in Heaven the thought of my kids coming home from the first day of school to an empty house because mommy and daddy were arrested for playing America's illegal economic profit-game is unfathomable. But it happened in our 'What Would Jesus Do,' Christian America!
Unfortunately, most of my fellow countrymen are unmoved by children detained in cages at our Southern border or children left to fend for themselves after school because those children have brown skin and privileged white folks just can't relate.
Okay, for all you hard-core, play by the rules, logical thinkers out there who take the position that these illegals "Put their kids in this situation, therefore it's the parents' fault," well let's take your hard-ass thinking to the next level. Let's arrest the CEO of these plants hiring undocumented immigrants. Every business can easily determine legal vs illegal workers before hiring...not a difficult exercise. Those business people know damn well what they're doing and why they do it! And our government also knows the illegal game being played. Shame on our government.
Trump's administration is tainted with heartless bigots. Bigots for profit.
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