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Tougher immigration laws in Colorado has crops rotting in the fields as farmers can't find workers. The campesinos -- legal or not -- of harvesting-seasons past aren't returning to Colorado for fear of harassment by authorities. Colorado is now floating a plan to use prison labor to harvest crops. You go, Colorado! Sincerely hope it won't be a mess for you as you convert convenience-store robbers, sexual predators, car jackers and gang members (IOW, the lazy, disturbed, violent and insolent) to do stoop labor in the fields at the barrel of a prison-guard's gun. Good luck!
It's called the CHAIN GANG!! They should get out and help put back into society rather then, sit around pumping iron and selling drugs from within!! GO COLORADO!!! The rest of the states need to step forward and use more prisoners for community service!! If you don't want to do the TIME THEN DON"T DO THE CRIME!!! Good ole' Barretta!!
It's called the CHAIN GANG!! They should get out and help put back into society rather then, sit around pumping iron and selling drugs from within!! GO COLORADO!!! The rest of the states need to step forward and use more prisoners for community service!! If you don't want to do the TIME THEN DON"T DO THE CRIME!!! Good ole' Barretta!!
You and I agree on this 100%!!! I am moving to Colorado in a few months, glad to live in a state that is doing something!!!
May not agree on religion but, we could fix the illegal problems if they would just let us have control!!
it isnt that i dont agree, more that I dont know. I did have a question for you on the other forum. And yes we would have a fied day with this issue!!!!!!!!!
It's called the CHAIN GANG!! They should get out and help put back into society rather then, sit around pumping iron and selling drugs from within!! GO COLORADO!!! The rest of the states need to step forward and use more prisoners for community service!! If you don't want to do the TIME THEN DON"T DO THE CRIME!!! Good ole' Barretta!!
Community service, yes, I agree. Sweeping highways, fixing parks, clearing brush from public lands -- all in the public domain and completely fair game. But don't shove this onto the private sector by way of government mandates. Farming is a private, for-profit industry, not community service.
Name ONE private industry that would willingly allow prisoners into its establishment. I'm a sole proprietor. Not long ago I refused the cable company access to my office because one worker struck me as a gang-banger -- bald, tattoos, cocky attitude, boom-boom music blaring. This guy only looked like a convict, but on the spot I made an excuse to cancel the service appointment. I suspect that as private businesses, the farm industry's feelings are not too removed from mine. Send me honest, skilled workers -- who I screen -- not a government directive that I MUST use prisoners with armed guards. Forget it! As a private business, I'll fight this with every avenue available to me, and don't be surprised if the farmers of Colorado do the same.
One solution might be for the government to go into farming. Make it a public farm where the government can put society's dregs and losers to work, such as California's Honor Rancho, north of LA. I, for one, would not buy any food produced in such a place, but I support the effort to reform prisoners. Absolutely!
Last edited by Winston Smith; 03-30-2007 at 10:44 AM..
Illegals are criminals as well. With no regards for OUR laws here in the US. many commited crimes back home as well.
You should probably drop the s on laws, since illegally crossing the border is one law. The rest of the "law breaking" is an unintentional domino effect from the first law of illegal trespassing into the United States. A good thing to mention as well is the fact that many are trying to sufficiently provide for them and their family's, which heavily lowers the standard that they are commiting a horrifying and disturbing crime against others and this nation.
You should probably drop the s on laws, since illegally crossing the border is one law. The rest of the "law breaking" is an unintentional domino effect from the first law of illegal trespassing into the United States. A good thing to mention as well is the fact that many are trying to sufficiently provide for them and their family's, which heavily lowers the standard that they are commiting a horrifying and disturbing crime against others and this nation.
Nope sure doesnt, they only care for theirs and themselves. They commit many law breaking acts, with complete disregard so dont even go theirwith the unintentional crap, they are not stupid they know exactly what they are doing as my brother did. My brother went to prison trying to take care of himself and his family. He did the crime, now he is paying for it.
But to be fair, many did not... I just wish we could get to the human side of the issue first, and the policy side of it second, as the U.S. Constitution tries to do.
The human side? We have hospitals closing down and nurses getting laid off because of this problem. The problem is tangible.
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The government should not make me hire prisoners
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