Federal, state agencies promote labor rights at consulate

The
federal government’s active promotion of labor rights for illegal
immigrants irks Roy Beck, executive director of Virginia-based Numbers
USA, which favors more stringent immigration laws.

“It just follows the pattern of the labor secretary,” Beck said.
“In these matters, she’s the secretary of illegal labor rather
than of legal labor.”

Events such as
Monday’s are “a signal that, ‘Yeah, we have these immigration
laws, but we’re not very serious about them,’ ” Beck said. “The
signal that ought to be sent is, ‘If you come in contact with the
federal government you’ll be put in deportation proceedings.’ ”

http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_labor30.3ec6b0b.htmlBY DAVID OLSON — Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA)