Jackson Jambalaya

the radical city-

Arresting criminals *period* is dehumanizing to this jerk.

Me thinks the Mayor should really concentrate on the water system, roads and bridges and crime. That should be his only concern, and his main concentration. The good citizens of Jackson can not afford for him to do anything else. The City of Jackson is in no position to being playing politics w/in the national realm.

Why does the Mayor of Jackson feel the need to comment on a raid in Canton? Not enough to do? All the problems solved in the capital city?

Build that wall

I guess the city of Jackson isnt aware of all the illegal immigrants that commit violent crimes? Google for the rapes, murders, and DUI deaths the cause daily. I'm

I live in Canton. A couple of comments. First, If the Feds would start hammering the companies that hire the illegals, these types of operations would not be necessary. Next, it will be interesting to see if Peco receives any sort of penalty. And lastly, Truly, the Canton mayor, said "Canton is a law abiding community". That is interesting when you consider that within the past 2 weeks, a school board member/city employee and a city alderman were either convicted or plead guilty to voter intimidation/fraud.

Radical city. That is what you get for living in a dangerous city.

Need to arrest and deport another 50 million. It's too bad because those chicken kill plants usually have mulitple shifts and the second shift is going to slip away. They caught less than 1000.

Report all illegals and their employers. If you see something, say something.

“Disrupt community policing efforts.” Cracks me up

The mayor of Canton has it all figured out. Lounge around the house in a superhero shirt and throw on a blazer when the tv crews come by.

I love the Canton Mayor:

"My name is Truly, like I love you truly".

That's as impressive as 007.

"My name is Bond, James Bond".

The mayor does everything he can to make Jackson anything BUT a safe community.

When Obama did ICE raids you didn't hear a word from Chokwe Antar Lumumba. He is truly a Democrat. It is beyond belief that the fine citizens of Jackson voted for him.
Great JOb. GO Get em ICE

This should be happening every month. Tax dollars well spent. The Feds are the only legal power allowed to round them up. I want to see some prosecutions for the US citizens doing the hiring as well. Mayor needs to shut his ignorant traitorous mouth.

Now watch the wages offered at these plants "magically" go up for those who are legally here; all without some politician screaming for a living wage.

So a lot of this could be cured by punishing the corporations that hire illegal immigrants. Ive read this article over and over and see no mention of repercussions for the companies who hire illegal immigrants in the place of citizens. If they’re paying people with no SSN there has to be a tax violation at the minimum. It’s sad how people lash out at the immigrants while looking past those that hire them.

There he goes again, flapping his gums.

What's dehumanizing to me is our elected officials at all levels refusing to enforce our laws. Ask yourselves a question. What would a Democratic governor's reaction have been to this ? Before you vote for anyone with a (D) behind their name ....please think of possible the consequences.

Screw you Lumumba, If people are here illegally and not following the rules I have no problems with doing this. They were suppose to return to an immigration court on a certain date and didn't do it. Why don't you concentrate on getting the street people run off along the interstate. Oh and by the way I still haven't caught the guy that broke in our building near Northside. He also stole over 200 pairs of shoes from Hibbets Sports the same night.

To understand the mayor's statements, you must first understand his premise that the border itself is an illegal barrier and that these people have done nothing "illegal" by crossing it. If all of the downtrodden of South America come here in droves it will be just fine as long as he and his class are recognized as the leaders they are. And since the vast majority will be functionally illiterate, uneducated and poor they'll need some leaders to represent their interests...

If the ICE enforcement is so dehumanizing, what do we do mayor? Nothing?
Just let 'em go? Politely ask them to register themselves so we can check their status?

The rest of the world is laughing.

Never heard Chukye say “dehumanizing” when blacks were robbing Mexicans of their paycheck as soon as they could.

The Peco Plant on West Fulton Street is not in the city jurisdiction. It and the associated trailer park are in Madison County. I agree with a previous poster that the tax violations by Peco also need to be looked into. With no SS numbers and Peco withholding taxes, where is that money going? Unfortunately his voiced concern for the children, while sounding good, is misplaced. The Feds have effectively reduced the number of crime targets for the citizens of Canton, but remember, we are a city of law and disorder, I mean, order.

the owners and people who hired all these illegals need to be taken to the slammer also. it's EASY to verify people's status on the web. no excuse for employing illegals.

but that's not going to happen...but it would end the practice really quickly.

Jackson and Lumumba have a lot more things they need to be worrying about that Hispanics in municipalities that aren’t his. His city can’t get the water bills straight. ICE can’t do a raid in Jackson because the roads are too bad or the officers will get shot at.

Agree that companies who employ undocumented workers should face harsh penalties. Now a lot of people here legally are out of work.

Hey Choke-way, please publish a list of laws I can break in Jackson and not be punished for... Waitin' on you.

Ummmmmmm
Yea......
Ummmm.....
Was gone on.....
Not professional reporting......
But Who is Surprised by that!!

and i’m sure the illegal workers were being paid minimum wage and the appropriate taxes being taken out. if not—start arresting management

clearly there’s a problem at the corporate level.

Cool. MAGA. I feel much safer now, et tu? And relieved that the price of chicken will go up substantially. But at least we bagged some brown people.

I doubt it is a coincidence that ICE waited for the first day of school. What a national disgrace.

What business is this to the mayor of Jackson? Doesn’t his city have enough problems that this empty suit can talk about?

Comrade Mayor, how many migrants are you hiding in your estate from Trumps stormtroopers?

They are BREAKING the law being here illegally!! They are taking jobs, wages and resources that are funded by U.S. taxpayers.
Consequently draining resources that could be used for American citizens.
If you are elected official it’s your job to uphold the laws of this country and protect the citizens whose tax dollars pay your salary! If you cannot or won’t do your job get out of the way for someone who can.
I bet the Hispanic high ranking politicians are living high despite the economic situations of their respective countries.

I can’t work for you if you don’t hire me. Hire me then I get punished! This will not happen if the employers continue to get slapped on the hand.

Shame on the government that continue to allow employers to get away with this shigity!

The poor suffers and the well connected continue to flourish in America!

Shame on you, big government, always freeking with the little man.

And relieved that the price of chicken will go up substantially.

Price of chicken will not increase at all as a result of this action. You are clueless.

Make Mississippi Great Again.

Jackson is on track to break the all-time record for murder and this is what Junior Ideologue is focused on. Sad state of affairs when all the voters left in our Capital City are little more than dupes who seemingly fall for everything this bullshit artist Mayor spouts.

So....if I understand the statement from Mayor Three Names....churches are encouraged to help people break the law.

America was and will always be sustained, economically, on the backs of the poor.

Price hike on Yardbird and Chopped Chilies any day!

Chokwe Antar Lumumba and his dad both modeled their last names from Patrice Lumumba, who served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo).

Poor Patrice was an avowed communist who was assassinated (some say by the CIA) in 1961.

@3:40 You win the comment of the day. The Mayor was wearing an Iron Man t-shirt no less.
I'm still waiting on the "Canton is lost" comment.....*crickets*

Expect the price of chicken to increase across the state this week.

Arrest Trump for the illegals at his golf courses!

Inflation is the relief valve for this

Costs will skyrocket for Chicken and other things we consume for nothing

Soon there will be a solution!

Sad

5:31 said:

" They are taking jobs ".

Yes and no, but not really.

They can cut up a chicken in less than thirty seconds and manicure an Eastover lawn in less than hour.
I don't know any local Blacks or Whites willing to do that for fifty cents per hour.

More power to the them . . . as long as they aren't violent criminals or carriers of the bubonic plague, tuberculosis or Leprosy.

Other than that, I'm glad ICE rounded up the really illegal . . illegal aliens!

These people actually work and contribute to society. Unlike the people who were actually born in this country.

5:27

Too bad we can't bag dumbazz people and send them away also.

Oh, wait......then the Dim-O-Krat party would be out of voters!

600 new ones will be in those same plants next month.

I'm reading a lot of yada yada bullshit. Fact is, everybody has known for fifteen years that every soul living in the Canton Trailer Emporium is an illegal Mexican. Why dance around it? The kill-plant next door is full of illegals. The sheriff knows it and so does every soul living in Canton. It's a feeder plant for the PECO operation on 55. The Kill Plant has no signage which is a dead give-away. Enforce the damned law!

I don't give a rat's ass if a chicken winds up costing $22. Deport these illegals.

Ok my brothers in Jackistan, we need to learn Spanish, because their will be a taco stand on every corner within 10 years. Yep we will still be a minority. 😲

So how are the violence interruption programs, conflict resolution classes and new orange colored police cars working to implement community policing in the most radical city?

Next

America, love it or leave it.

These people have committed at least three crimes to get hired, and are most certainly working under stolen identities. All I ask is that they get right with the law, pay the taxes they owe and get in line to engage in the LEGAL process to work in the United States - is that too much to ask???

Do the workers have stolen SS cards and ID? Does the company pay SS on them? Do they withhold income taxes? Lots of questions.
Sadly, there are a lot of unemployed minorities in Canton who could do these jobs, but they make more money from government benefits. Cut off the government checks, then they have to take these jobs.

Dear Choke-way,

Nobody cares what you think, you are irrelevant in Jackson, the state, and the country; and you are the chief executive of a failing city. Parroting democrat talking points will not add to your national stature, and the scrap of paper you got from Harvard doesn't mean crap. Actual Harvard grads (Class of '92 here) laugh at folks like you who wave their "diplomas" around like it means something.

Get a life and do your job,

Everyone

People bit@h when Obama deported 3.4 million illegals... People bit@h when Trump reports illegals. Well, I can tell you the American people want illegal immigration stopped and want legal immigration to be the avenue. My wife came here from new zealand and did it legally.

Chuck, why don’t you open your house to these law breakers. That would be a good photo op for your new world order.

8;01

That's what it is, eh? I'm sorry the bridge is out in your town and you can't shop at the Dollar General for your re-up of Ramen.

We all need to send Bennie Thompson this tread.
This is going on in his district.
What do Bennie think of Chokwe Antar Lumumba first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Jackson?

Another good reason to have a national sales tax of 15% put on everything and do away with income tax. At least we will get taxes from everyone that way.

That reporter is dumb as a post.

Pico has been employing illegals forever.

You folks fussing about the companies hiring these folks fail to consider the fact that it’s really easy for the illegals to get good quality forged work documents CHEAP! Some employers don’t care, but most do. Big fines and possible jail time for those that look the other way.

Betcha a coke and a snickers, Yours Truly, doesn’t know it’s not in the City of Canton.

Did Sanderson Farms get spared?

Very happy at the reduced number of burrito dwarves and their spawn around town tonight. Bravo President Trump, ICE and HSI! Please do this more often!

"If I'd been alive during WWII, I would have resisted the Nazis." Well, now's your chance to prove how macho you really are and it turns out you're Nazis at heart. You're no different than all the other slugs who did nothing back then.

They’re only here due to manifest destiny. DUHHH. What’s wrong with them thinking it’s their God given right to be here??

All the major fake news media are spinning this as White supremacy.
The nation is lost due to the democrats & the left.

Sanderson Farms reports to Tater Reeves.

They, and Tyson, received the benefits of passover.

Look at the police and S.O. dockets in Leake, Madison, Scott and several other counties and then tell me these gentle people are just here to try out for Yellow Brick Road dwarf-parts. Remind me who the guy was who raped the little girl in Gluckstadt a year and a half ago.

And you're nuts if you think they're working for 50 cents an hour. Every damned one of them is making good money, well above minimum wage, whether they roofing a house, pruning shrubs or slitting the throats of yard birds.

Mayor Chokeme is just mad because Latinos are the only group still willing to move into his radical shithole city.

They need to do something about the anchor babies very quickly

https://www.wjtv.com/news/children-of-undocumented-immigrants-arrested-in-mississippi-rely-on-strangers-for-food-and-shelter/

CNN and the rest of the lugenpresse are already in town to show these US born children as victims of Trump.

5 days ago a young man drives over 600 miles to attack people because they are Mexicans. If you are a Hispanic it certainly feels like your under attack.

Whewww Glad to know Sanderson Farms doesn’t employ illegals!

9:51 and 10:09 These people are not the subjects of discrimination nor are they being denied any"God Given Rights". Every organized nation has a right to establish rules and order for entry and immigration into their country and the United States has that too. People who try to avoid or subvert those rules do so at their own peril everywhere, not just in the U.S. Your poverty or the history of imperialism does not give anybody a pass to ignore the nation's immigration laws which give order and safety to those already here legally and those who want to enter legally. What's difficult to understand? These people took a shot, at their own peril, now they have to pay.

What's the alternative. No laws at all?

These men that did this mass shooting supported ANTIFA as well as Elizabeth Warren. By the way poll shows Hispanics support Trump 53% as black voters 34%... my parents are Cuban and I supported and will again support Trump in 2020. Look at the south Florida Hispanic community they voted Trump in huge numbers. Also, this shooting isn't political. Obama has 34 mass shootings while president. Remember Sweden has the latest mass shooting in recent history and guns are illegal look at that sicko in NZ as well no guns. What about the mass shooting in sri Lanka. Problem is Americans don't know he rest of the world

(You see the Mexican flag flying everywhere more than you see the American flag in El Paso. Since El Paso is 90% Mexicans this fact along make certain in any mass shooting in El Paso there is going get be 90% of Mexicans in the body count. Also, what the fact is 9 of the 22 victims in this shooting were illegal aliens.
Now, Mexico is suing the U.S. over this to get reparations for their national citizens. How, crazy is this getting.

USA Today
Ashby Foote stood up for the rule of law!

However, Councilman Ashby Foote disagreed with the mayor and said calling on churches in the community to act on his behalf was misguided.
"I think the mayor's statement was a mistake. We're a nation of laws and when you don't have laws, you have chaos," he said.

L@@k at all these depraved sub-human skin bags commenting you absolute pieces of __ devils should be ashamed of yourselves but you would actually have to be human and have some level of awareness for that to happen you skin bags posing as humans aren't worth 1/2 pay the work these folks do....the nerve of you, always on here commenting against folks why don't all you miserable bastards just off yourselves and stop raising these little hateful terrorist devils that you are raising.

What happens in Jackson when an illegal immigrant is caught stealing water??? Surely drinking water is part of the sanctuary!!!

True story- Have a friend who worked for the State Auditors office (Phil was Auditor) and around 2005-8 can't remember the date they got the records from the State Tax Commission and there were over 100,000 Hispanic tax returns that had not been filed for State Income Taxes. Upon further examination most had had letters returned from the State because they used a P.O. Box which was now closed and of course they can't find the person. Looking closer most of the W-2 forms had listed married with 5 or 6 dependents which allowed for the minimum to be withheld on taxes. I'm just telling you this is just like the problem we have in areas of the Delta where people are claiming other peoples children on their returns. If your not in business you don't understand or see these things going on.

What is dehumanizing Mr. Mayor is the pretense that you somehow know and preach about the suffering in inner city Jackson while living safely yourself ensconced inside a controlled gated neighborhood.

What is dehumanizing Mr. Mayor is your giving speeches around this country and internationally as if you possess some long term track record of success on anything while the citizens of Jackson are forced to endure the collapse of the most basic support functions this city elected you to provide and repair.

What is dehumanizing Mr. Mayor is your arrogance, hubris and air of entitlement you exude.

The Mayor should show how serious he is by announcing His New "Work or Go" Program where we trade aliens who come here and work for our citizens who refuse to work in a one for one trade with Mexico. That might put things in perspective

to 9:48...please define a 'hispanic tax return" ....this i got to read.

What kind of bizarre "Alice in wonderland" World do we live in? The Problem should not be with ICE, Trump, Homeland. They are enforcing the law. If you have problems with the law. Change the Law. stop wasting all day investigating Trump and come up with a immigration law. Picket and protest in Washington saying pass a law instead of saying you cant. its an election year or its the year before an election year or the year after an election year. I'm sick of hearing excuses. Quit grandstanding and get to work

August 8 @8:36 - Do you not see the irony of your rant? Seriously, do you really not see it?

Anyway......

The following is a statement from the initial Clarion-Ledger article: "Workers who were confirmed to have legal status were allowed to leave the plant after having their trunks searched." Really, it doesn't (have to) go any deeper than this. The solution to this ordeal is basic and easy. Come here legally, by following OUR laws, and problem solved.

Granted, we all REALLY know this whole illegal immigration problem is nothing more than a democrat voter drive, couched under the illusion of a humanitarian issue/crisis. Anyone with even pretty good sense knows that.

Having worked construction, you will find that many of these people are not free. On many jobs there are "bosses" that speak more english and control a group of 8-20 workers. These workers then kick back, or have to pay a percentage of their salary to the boss to keep their job. Apparently this is part of the corrupt culture and it is accepted.

@10:27, please post the proof of a single undocumented person casting a ballot.

This is from an Inspector General report that made the news in 2013.

IRS Sent $46,378,040 in Refunds to 23,994 ‘Unauthorized’ Aliens at 1 Atlanta Address....and that was just the top amount. Of the top 10 addresses that received refunds, 4 were in Georgia. You can google the news story.


Since 1996, the IRS has issued what it calls Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) to two classes of persons: 1) non-resident aliens who have a tax liability in the United States, and 2) aliens living in the United States who are “not authorized to work in the United States.” The IRS has long known it was giving these numbers to illegal aliens, and thus facilitating their ability to work illegally in the United States.

These numbers were supposed to allow non-citizens to "pay" their taxes owed, but it was soon discovered that there is an industry that helps them receive refunds, Earned Income Credit, Child Tax Credits, and if you read the articles, the IRS doesnt care. But if you have a business, and get picked to be audited, you better have all your business reciepts.

The problem with disregarding or undermining the rule of law (as the Jackson mayor suggests should be done) is that it promotes the pernicious idea that all laws are optional. Illegal aliens are here illegally. Those who hire them and do not comply with the law are likewise lawbreakers.

What if all laws were optional for those who would benefit by not complying? For example, what if we could all "opt out" of paying federal income tax? I'm sure the good mayor would not support that because of his financial interest in seeing Jackson get all the taxpayer funding the City needs to survive.

We are a nation of laws, not men. Those like the mayor do serious harm to Jackson, our state and our nation when they advocate breaking the law or protecting those who do so from the consequences of their actions.

8:07 must be tunning into OANN for his facts, not even FOX is reporting that,Trump could support reparations and he isn't going to get 10% of the Black vote. Talk is cheap and lies come out his mouth by the dozens. Blacks will not be fooled by Trump.
I have no problems with the enforcement action, we are a country of laws. If they cross the border and weren't granted a status that allowed them to stay, returning them to their country of origin is okay by me. We should do it in a human way but it doesn't have to be perfect.

Believe it or not, an ABC News station in Indiana broke the refund scam story back in 2012.

ABC station WTHR was approached by a tax preparer and given what they thought would be a scoop, and picked up to go nationally. What they found was that the IRS already knew about it, and didn't want to talk about it. They found some IRS employees who had brought this problem to their supervises attention were actually reprimanded for doing so. This illegal alien refund scam was already big busines oin California.

INDIANAPOLIS - Inside his central Indiana office, a longtime tax consultant sits at his desk, shaking his head in disbelief.

"There is not a doubt in my mind there's huge fraud taking place here," he said, slowly flipping through the pages of a tax return.

The tax preparer does not want you to know his name for fear of reprisal, but he does want you to know about a nationwide problem with a huge price tag.

He came to 13 Investigates to blow the whistle.

"We're talking about a multi-billion dollar fraud scheme here that's taking place and no one is talking about it," he said.

The scheme involves illegal immigrants -- illegal immigrants who are filing tax returns.

The loophole is called the Additional Child Tax Credit. It's a fully-refundable credit of up to $1000 per child, and it's meant to help working families who have children living at home.

But 13 Investigates has found many undocumented workers are claiming the tax credit for kids who live in Mexico – lots of kids in Mexico.

"We've seen sometimes 10 or 12 dependents, most times nieces and nephews, on these tax forms," the whistleblower told Eyewitness News. "The more you put on there, the more you get back."

The whistleblower has thousands of examples, and he brought some of them to 13 Investigates. While identifying information such as names and addresses on the tax returns was redacted, it was still clear that the tax filers had received large tax refunds after claiming additional child tax credits for many dependents.

"Here's a return right here: we've got a $10,3000 refund for nine nieces and nephews," he said, pointing to the words "niece" and "nephew" listed on the tax forms nine separate times.

"We're getting an $11,000 refund on this tax return. There's seven nieces and nephews," he said, pointing to another set of documents. "I can bring out stacks and stacks. It's just so easy it's ridiculous."

20 kids = $30,000

Jim Hood's comments on the ICE raids are in lock-step with Bennie Thompson and Lumunda. Heads up people. Don't let this guy fool you.

If you want to understand why young people are turning away from religion and the Church in droves then read all these comments and ask yourself "where is the empathy ? where are the Churches lining up to help these children"
I guess we must all assume that God does not like brown children. Let's take them away from their Mothers and Father's and then we can go to Church on Sunday and sing Onward Christian Soldiers then go home comfortable we did the right thing---What religion does this kind of thing ?? Does anybody remember the golden rule ?? These are children--- only Evangelical nutcases think this is OK---No wonder our children are rejecting religion

@12:53

You're obviously just a garden variety atheist in search of a venue to justify your existence. Just how do you know what the reactions of local churches have been ? I know what mine has done...how bout yours ?

10:33, @10:27 here. Nice try. There are certain jurisdictions in the US who have openly admitted they've e n c o u r a g e d and allowed illegals to vote (Google Maryland city council allows illegal - actually, you'll probably prefer to use the term undocumented, in order to avoid being triggered - immigrants to cast votes). Therefore, through sound reasoning (a process that might benefit you), once can be certain there are certainly ample examples of illegals casting votes. It would border on insanity for someone to believe this isn't happening in the jurisdictions that "don't allow it."

If we have 100% of the democrat presidential hopefuls vowing to give illegals free health care, are you naive enough to believe officials further down in the party aren't also allowing them to vote? Can you honestly say it's not plausible to believe that California (who also has at least one illegal voting jurisdiction) would allow illegal voting?

Try again, but next time, come with a real claim.........

@10:52
This was a Reuters NBC poll moron. Not sure what OAN channel is however I saw the 31% approval in a NAACP poll. Read that more often than fox or cnn... bet did a recent poll will similar results. 10% of black vote is enough to win by a landslide. 9% would make it impossible to defeat Trump. Stop siding with red and blue and look at the individual. Person not party.

Derrick Johnson acknowledged the upward trend of black support during the NAACP poll. He said he believes Trump is at 21-25% of black voters not in the 30's as poll suggested. This was during interview with BET station owner that is a Trump supporter. Don't let your liberal or conservative ideology get in the way of the truth.

The trade in illegal immigrants is much like the drug trade. American companies are addicted to cheap labor just as the segment of the population that is addicted to drugs.
If you bought/built a house in the last ten years you definitely benefited from illegal immigration.
In fact if the contractor who you used didn't use illegals, you would have bought from his competitor,iiu who did.
In most cases it's not about quality or American made, it's about cost. I digress, I know most don't want to talk about economics.

Don't let your liberal or conservative ideology get in the way of the truth.

@2:53 PM Don't let any self-serving comment from the mouth of the notorious race hustler Derrick Johnson get in the way of your naiveté.

12:53 Children do not cross the border by themselves, adults bring them for cover and because it is no longer smart (used to be) to leave them behind. Like anyone breaking the law, the adults must be dealt with whether they have children or not. That is everyday law. Who wants to hurt children?

This is in response to "August 8, 2019 at 12:53 PM."

You are right when you suggest Jesus advocated "...suffer the little children to come unto me...." You are right when you suggest churches (read: Christians) are obligated to "love thy neighbor" and/or "return good for evil."
HOWEVER, have you ever read the 13th chapter of Romans??? Here, Jesus plainly advocates that ALL should follow/obey the duly enacted laws of the land. "...render unto Caesar..." is a clear command to respect and FOLLOW/OBEY the law. Christians have that obligation, too.
I can't see where opening churches as sanctuaries to those who are clearly in defiance of the law is a practice we should be endorsing. Can you persuade me otherwise?