> April 11, 2008
> By Joe Guzzardi
>
> As richly rewarding as it was to witness New York Governor Eliot
> Spitzer's collapse, another larger rat is still scurrying around.
>
> Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is even more passionately enamored
> with illegal immigrants and more contemptuous of patriotic Americans.
>
> What's brought O'Malley's love affair with illegal aliens into the
> spotlight is the sad and curious case of Walter Abbott--a small
> businessman driven out of business by competitors who hired cheap labor
> immigrants. Abbot is now under home detention pending prosecution for an
> email protest he sent to O'Malley.
>
> During the two years in which the governor's office ignored Abbott's
> pleas for economic justice, the state--with O'Malley's
> blessing--indirectly funded day labor centers through its financial
> support of CASA de Maryland, a radical left-wing, pro-illegal alien
> advocacy organization.
>
> Among the other subversive activities, CASA de Maryland instructs
> illegal aliens on how to skirt immigration law and thereby remain in the
> country to take jobs away from Americans. And it operates at least six
> day labor centers throughout Maryland.
>
> Here's more background:
> Walter Abbott is a 44-year-old married Baltimore man with two children
> who owned a once successful drywall business.
>
> But as Maryland became more receptive to illegal immigrants (some
> residents call the state the "number one destination in America for
> aliens"), Abbott gradually lost jobs. Builders who preferred unlicensed
> subcontractors whose labor pool included illegal aliens over legitimate,
> taxpaying businesses like Walter's slowly drained away his trade. Where
> Walter used to get $5-8 per sheet to hang drywall, the illegals did it
> for as little as $2. Abbott lost his business, his house and ended up
> little more than a handyman doing odd jobs to support his family.
>
> CASA de Maryland is far from the docile organization its name suggests.
> "CASA" does not mean "home", as you might assume, but rather "Central
> American Solidarity Association".
>
> Under the direction of the extremist Colombian Gustavo Torres, the
> organization specifically aids and abets illegal immigration. Among
> other things, CASA has published a pamphlet (see it here) for aliens
> telling them that, if they are questioned by immigration authorities,
> they should not cooperate. CASA recommends instead that aliens carry a
> card demanding a lawyer.
>
> Continuedhttp://vdare.com/guzzardi/080411_omalley.htm