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Thursday, July 28, 2005


County Sues Companies, Cites Illegal Immigration and Social Costs.
Canyon County, Idaho, is the latest government entity to abuse RICO laws; it has filed suit against several companies, claiming that the firms conspired to increase the county's expenses for social services.

Says the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), "In the complaint, the county says the action was brought "for damages it has suffered as a direct result of the knowing employment of large numbers of illegal immigrants by the defendants." It doesn't specify the amount it seeks as reimbursement.

"We are attempting to recover tax funds expended on services to individuals who entered Canyon County illegally," said County Commissioner Robert Vasquez, who has spearheaded the effort and has promised to make illegal immigration his calling card in a bid for Congress in 2006."

"Justice Louis D. Brandeis'?s metaphor of the states as "laboratories" for policy experiments ... had almost nothing to do with federalism and everything to do with his commitment to scientific socialism. .... To this day, it continues to inhibit a truly experimental, federalist politics." -- Michael S. Greve

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