Progressive Indictment, By Randall Burns

How Pilgrim's Pride Can Really Live Up To Its Name

I was saddened a bit when I read the April  story about the illegal alien busts at Pilgrim's Pride plants. I believe in immigration enforcement as strongly as any member of the VDARE.COM Editorial Collective. However, I don't think it is right that all the costs here be borne by poor people—who have probably been "following the rules" from their perspective. Frankly, it is simply unrealistic to expect a Mexican peasant, who may have minimal education and may not even speak Spanish, to regard managers of a large factory as something other than "legitimate businessmen". Such " patróns" are held in awe in parts of Mexico.