Part of the Solution

Excellent Tribune editorial. Read it all, but this excerpt is key:

Document fraud is not a victimless crime. Prosecutors say the Little Village enterprise produced 50 to 100 fake documents a day, including green cards, Social Security cards and driver's licenses. They also say the ring's leader ordered the murder of a rival and was plotting the deaths of others. Agents had a right and a responsibility to go after the suspects -- in broad daylight, in front of children and on the eve of a week of political rallies. Those who suggest otherwise aren't helping their case.

We need a solution on immigration, and this raid was part of it.

Previous posts: Inspiring Respect, Chicago Center of ID Theft, Wrestling the Issue

UPDATE: Sun Times:

Julio Leija-Sanchez was the CEO of a thriving $3 million-a-year business and, like any businessman, needed to eliminate the competition.

So he picked up the phone and ordered them killed, the feds alleged Wednesday.

"Burn the f------ son of a b----, man," Leija-Sanchez allegedly said in a conversation with his reputed hit man in Mexico that the feds secretly recorded.

Leija-Sanchez, 31, of Oak Lawn, was one of 12 people arrested Tuesday as part of a federal investigation into a highly sophisticated business that provided fake IDs to up to 15,000 people a year in Chicago. Ten others were charged but are fugitives.

(A side note---"like any businessman" "eliminate" the competition? Most businesses just want a level playing field to compete fairly. Talk about anti-business bias.) Perhaps those guns were needed by the feds to prevent a shooting tragedy from a cornered criminal.