The NY Times is Very Concerned
Her Roof Was About to Be Fixed. Then Immigration Agents Showed Up.
After Hurricane Francine damaged Althea Vallotton’s house in suburban New Orleans last year, puddles formed on her floors whenever it rained. But she saved up money and lived in a mobile home on her front lawn for months, until she finally obtained a loan to pay for a stronger, metallic covering.
The cost? About $49,000.
On Wednesday, several workers — hired by a “legitimate contractor,” she said — arrived around 7 a.m. and got to work on the roof. She, in turn, drove to her job at a nearby school, relieved that her home repair odyssey was ending. It was a one-day job, after all.
Then her phone buzzed. Friends and relatives were asking if she had seen the videos online of federal immigration agents in Kenner, La., ordering the roof repairers to get down. Some sent screenshots of a masked agent pointing a weapon at the workers.
They were at her house.
Ms. Vallotton was stunned. She found the principal. “I got to go now — ICE is at my house,” she told her.
By the time Ms. Vallotton got home, the action was over, but she pieced together what had happened: The largely Hispanic construction crew on her roof had become the latest target of a federal immigration crackdown that had arrived in New Orleans that morning.
Sniffles. Anyhow, perhaps she should have gone with a company that was not using workers ineligible and illegally working in the United States. Not necessarily her fault, it’s hard to know when you deal with a top end person doing the paperwork and setting things up. Regardless, the people running the roofing company should be arrested for hiring illegals. In fact, it would be better if federal law enforcement prioritized going after companies that hire and use illegal aliens and throwing the book at them, which would cause most to stop hiring them, which would cause a lot of illegals to self deport as there is no work.
(BBC News) It is day one of “Catahoula Crunch”, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has labelled its operation, taking its name from an American leopard dog known for being well-muscled, powerful and territorial.
“These people came to work today to provide for their families and themselves,” said Zoe Higgins, an activist documenting the Border Patrol operation in New Orleans.
“That they could just be abducted, removed from all stability – I can’t imagine how terrifying that is,” she said, shortly after the agents coaxed the men down and detained them.
Are legal U.S. citizens “abducted” when the police arrest them violating the law?
Meanwhile,
A civil violation like speeding is still a crime. The law says so. And there are penalties. This includes those who overstayed their visas.
49000.00 for a one day job?
And materials. But if it makes you feel better about it, I’m sure you can find a contractor to stretch it out for a week. The cost is for the roof, not the amount of time it takes. Experienced roofers can indeed do such a job in one day. And metal roofs are expensive.
My question is, why would a school employee need to drop everything she is doing at her job to go home and watch ICE do their jobs? There is nothing she can do to influence that process. It will be over before she gets there. The contractor will bring some workers from another site to finish the job later.
Her friend asked her “did you see the news” with her phone buzzing and friends and relatives calling her… WHILE SHE IS AT WORK and expecting her to do something. Looks to me like she was not a teacher, but a paid democratic party activist on the payroll of the school. Teachers are expected to teach the students, not be watching the news all day and monitoring their phones.
Our typical shingle roofs can be replaced for $10-20K, but metal, slate or tile roofs are much more expensive. Our friends with second homes in Florida, complain about the high costs of their tile roofs (required by some HOAs).
We recently replaced the roof on our small house for $12K following its destruction by an atypical hailstorm. Thanks global warming!!
Our next door neighbors are having theirs replaced today!! You better call ICE!!
Perhaps someone should!
It is true than many roofing company employees are Hispanic, and many of them are here illegally. But, with all of the Starbucks baristas on strike, they could take the jobs the illegals are vacating.
Just remember…
No human is illegal.
Are these those often targeted “worst of the worst” ??
Will they be released in a few days?
Why exactly was this fibe other than for theater? The total detained increased by only about 70 humans per day ?
Why did our Felon-in-Chief claim (lie) that he was only going after the worst of the worst?
The American people are not at all happy with these assaults on humanity, even though they (you) voted for this demented Piece of Shit!! LOL
Maybe it’s time we lock up those who HIRE the workers, ya know, men like Big Donnie.
When you find the criminal illegals, you also tend to come across collateral illegals … family, friends, neighbors, obstructing people, etc.
They get swept up too, for efficiency if nothing else. Got to deport them eventually.
Although Fat Donnie is not a christian, he IS a white christian nationalist. Why? Because many of his more odious supporters are.
There is a strain of right-winger that desires that the United States return to its “roots” as a white christian nation like we had 200 years ago.
Unless Fat Donnie can rig the mid-terms (and the Supremes just gave him 5 Texas Repubs!), the Dems will impeach him. Again. And stop much of his bullshit.
You prefer we commit cultural suicide like Europe, allowing invasion by incompatible cultures and religions?
Cultural suicide? By hard-working, Catholic Hispanics? Our ignorant white, cruel, conservative culture is a bigger problem.
Our sympathetic socialist from St Louis wrote:
It is true that we have less of a problem than Europe, in that most of our illegals are Catholic, rather than Islamist third worlders, and it is true that many if not most are hard-working, but that does not change the fact that they are here illegally, and are committing felonies by working here illegally. You’ve said it yourself: “no one is above the law.”
Our Ruling Class is above the law.
Tell it to Minneapolis Minnesota. Tell it to Dearborn Michgan. Tell it to Springfield Ohio. Tell it to Epic City Texas.
Again, “White Christian nationalism” is progressive dog whistle for ‘scary American patriots’. Christianity imposes a moral code and nationalism emphasizes sovereignty and secure borders, which frustrates our liberals..
Our oh-so-noble commenter from Missouri wrote:
I believe that you forgot “deplorable.”
Well, they already impeached him twice, and failed both times.
Twenty of the Senate seats up for election in 2026 are held by Republicans, and with only 47 Senate sets being currently held by Democrats, the Democrats would have to win every Senate seat up for election in 2026 to be able to remove the President. A third fruitless impeachment would surely diminish the importance of impeachment, having been reduced to just another bit of hatred, and, of course, the GOP would use it against the next Democratic President.
Of course, you already knew that, if perhaps not the specific numbers.
For what would you impeach him? For attempting to defend the United States against drug smugglers? For attempting to reduce street crimes? For attempting to enforce our immigration laws? High crimes and misdemeanors those!
He was impeached twice, and likely will be again, and no, 2/3rds of the Senators will not vote to convict him, although the nation needs to be rid of him.
FAFO on Food Stamps
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Oops…
https://midwestchick.com/2025/12/05/fafo-on-food-stamps/
Bwaha! Lolgfy Losers!
MAGA47 Motherfuckers!
Donnie and his band of billionaire pirates* are stealing more than SNAP recipients.
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*Looters of America (LOA): Donnie, Eric, Jr, Bessant, Ellisons, Bezos, Ivanka and hubby, private prison owners, Huang, Zuck, Waltons etc and their corporations. Speaking of hoax/scams: crypto!!
Our outraged Ozarkian wrote:
Even if true, so? If people are stealing from SNAP, shouldn’t they be prosecuted? Remember, as you’ve told us before, “no one is above the law.”
Our Ruling Class is above the law.
That’s gotta hurt…
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-operation-minneapolis-nabs-dozen-worst-of-worst-criminal-illegal-aliens-including-somalis
No human is illegal.