Island Coffee farms looked at by ICE officials.

[Rob Tucker]

For generations the bulk of immigration into Hawaii was operated by the large landowners. The Five Families were the heart of it all. They needed cheap labor and got it on their terms. On the mainland it is largely the same with corporate interests.

None of your complaints about illegal immigration will be solved until Big Business, here in Hawaii and on the mainland, want it solved. Until that moment it is primarily just an issue to divide us and distract us.

Reminds me of what Linda Lingle's Big Island rep explained to me..... the way they deal with Puna is to get everyone arguing and simply walk away.