G R E A T News

from Rick Hickey



What happens when a State enforces Immigration Law & I.C.E. does their
job?

Americans get to WORK! & The ECONOMY gets better.



Two months ago ICE raided a Chicken Plant and took away 700 Illegal
Aliens. Since then, HOMELESS people are Working and given help to get a
place and utilities turned on (instead of Illegal Aliens getting a
place, like Colonial Libertad in Salem). NOW they are no longer
Homeless. Black people are moving in to WORK. American Criminals are
earning their way, instead of lifting weights. Company is forced to
INCREASE PAY & enjoys lower TURNOVER.



And the Illegals are going home at THEIR EXPENSE, Not ours!



Show this to every Politician that you can, this is PROOF

that the policy of Attrition through Enforcement works.



Can't wait to read the School report on how much SMALLER the CLASSROOMS
are now.



Rick Hickey-VP-OFIR.



From: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 26, 2006

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2006/11/25/1126METstillmor=

Homeless, felons help fill poultry jobs
South Georgia plant labors after immigration raid loss



Stillmore =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D Felons on probation and homeless men h=

some of the poultry jobs left by illegal Mexican laborers deported in
raids two months ago.



About 40 convicted felons from the Macon Diversion Center are bused in
each day to work at the Crider Poultry plant in Stillmore =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=

focus of the raids.



Additionally, 16 men from the Garden City Rescue Mission in Augusta
have come to work in the plant. Several from the mission have become
shift leaders, said Lavond Reynolds, director of men's housing for the
mission.



"Compared to the attrition rate [at the plant] in general, these guys
have really stuck so far," Reynolds said. The mission might send
another 15 soon.



Still, that's just a drop in the bucket. The Crider plant is operating
at about 450 employees =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D less than half its prerai=

1,000, company president David Purtle said.



The Mexican population in Stillmore has plummeted since immigration
officials first visited the Crider plant in May, town residents said.
Immigration agents estimated that 700 workers were using fraudulent
IDs. The company began checking documents and confronting employees.
Many were fired and hundreds of illegal immigrants left town on their
own throughout the summer.



Then, over Labor Day, federal agents rounded up and deported more than
125 illegal immigrants working at the Crider plant or living in Emanuel
and surrounding counties.



That left Crider with a big labor gap, and finding workers to fill the
jobs has been a challenge. Among the efforts and changes at the plant
since the raids:



=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=A2The company outsourced 250 jobs in its raw deboning =

Alabama .



=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=A2Some processing has slowed because of the downturn i=

force.



=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=A2Crider has turned to an outside company to hire abou=

workers to clean the plant each night.



=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=A2The company raised starting wages by about 40 cents =

offers attendance bonuses to new hires. Before, it took a year to be
eligible for the extra pay. (Starting base pay is $6 an hour; most
workers earn more through bonuses and overtime.)



=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=A2The company is spending more on hiring and training =

is high among new employees.



For instance, Crider advanced money to house the homeless men from the
mission in trailers and to turn on their utilities. The company also
pays to bus state probationers from Macon each day and is busing
workers from surrounding communities.



Purtle said about 50 percent of applicants since the raids either did
not pass the drug test or reference checks. Many of those who did have
poor attendance or quit quickly.



"Our challenge is =C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=80=9D in hiring unskilled people =C3=

ability to understand what's expected of them," Purtle said.
"Attendance is important. No acting up, no mouthing off. They just
haven't learned."



The raids not only affected the chicken plant, but the surrounding
community.



At least two landlords near Stillmore who rented to immigrants have put
their properties up for sale. The Hispanic-run stores in town are
operating at reduced hours.



"There's no people anymore," said Liliana Santos, 24, the clerk behind
the counter at Salinas Surcusal No. 2 in downtown Stillmore.



"They don't have any jobs," she said in Spanish.



"Before, people would be walking around downtown," said Manuel Mendoza,
22, who stopped to buy tortillas. The store's jukebox played Mariachi
music to an empty sideroom pool hall.



Mendoza has been in the United States 10 years and says he has a Social
Security card and a job making pallets for $8.50 an hour. His hometown
of Oaxaca , Mexico , has descended into anarchy with armed fighting in
the streets, and he is in no hurry to return home.



Pastor Ariel Rodriguez drives around Stillmore, explaining what
happened to each of the Mexican families that used to live in trailers
and apartments.



"The majority of people have gone to Kentucky ," he said. They knew a
priest who used to live in the area and followed him up there,
Rodriguez said. Other residents have gone back to Mexico .



At least one local businessman said his business has gone up since the
raids. The churn of new folks applying and working at Crider has
brought new customers to Mighty Mike's Hot Stop gas station and
convenience store in town.



"They come in here and shop," said manager Willie Gordon. "Our inside
sales have gone up $3,000 per week since the raids."



It's been a mixture of new clientele. But Gordon, who is
African-American, attributes a good part of the increase to more black
workers coming into town. Gordon notes: "You gotta be legal now."