Lou Dobbs is angry at the mayor
No big surprise there.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa went on CNN today to talk about the letter he sent to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, asking the feds to cool it with the immigration raids on L.A. employers.
In his letter, Villaraigosa argued the crackdown on industries and employers that rely on undocumented workers is bad for business and puts the region at a competitive disadvantage. Instead, he said, Immigration and Customs Enforcement should focus on businesses that exploit undocumented workers, and crackdowns on criminal gang members here illegally.
"We have to enforce our laws but we have to enforce them in a humane way ....and in a way that prioritizes our resources," Villaraigosa said on CNN.
But Dobbs wasn't having it.
"It's just another example of that city's utter contempt for our laws and the city's outright support of ethnocentric special interest groups," Dobb said, after taking aim at the Catholic Church and LAPD Chief William Bratton.