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The New Bedford I.C.E. Raid
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Ken Pittman





Ken Pittman is the afternoon voice for Greater New Bedford's WBSM 1420.
From 2PM thru 6PM M-F..

Ken's Bio
 
By Ken Pittman
Published on 03/21/2007
 
How Ken Pittman went from the local talk show host to personally becoming the point man in the defense of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement who came to New Bedford, MA on March 6, 2007 to raid Michael Bianco Inc. a manufacturer of US Military backpacks. The raid netted 361 illegal immigrants, 11 of whom were deported only to be found back in the USA again and 66 others who had defaulted on deportation warrants. Ken found himself up against the press media, far leftist groups, Massachusetts senators and congressmen but what no one expected is that the dominant body of Southeastern Massachusetts loudly stood with Ken, culminating with his appearance on the "O'Reilly Factor".

The New Bedford I.C.E. Raid
Following the massive ICE raid on March 6, 2007 which took place at the Michael Bianco Inc. up here in New Bedford, Massachusetts, my talk show on WBSM was inundated with calls on this issue. I immediately began investigating certain angles of this issue which the local media didn’t seem interested in.

Liberal town, liberal views abound, so my perspective was alien to the rest of the media here. I have been working as a private detective while off the air, for over 14 years now and it has been an asset for me and the for the listeners of my show. In this case, I wanted to know how it was possible for a $130M federal contract, set up in a depressed northeast city like New Bedford, to go unannounced by politicians, the career center and the local newspaper. MBI was a top 10 federal contract recipients in Congressman Barney Frank’s district for several years in a row now. (SEE LINK)

The ‘infallible’ Frank is well known to prepare media to be present for photo-ops when he delivers five digit checks or announces 40 jobs here or there to his district. So how is it that American citizens are not alerted to what should have been gainful employment in a federally funded contract to manufacture backpacks and survival vests for the US Military? Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a branch of Homeland Security had already unveiled a case suggesting that the owner, Francesco Insolia, "preferred illegal aliens. (SEE LINK must be a register PROJO user)

So my focus was 3 pronged:

1) Who knew what, when and why or why not.

2) Where is the concern for the resources for the Americans who have been laid off and replaced and who are facing foreclosures, utility bill concerns and who have been sent away for subsidized assistance already taken by illegals in their own city?

3) This aspect was to fight through the slander and lies about me as I went on the offensive against the Democrats like Senators Kennedy and Kerry, Congressman Barney Frank and the Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick who came for the photo-ops but never left a tablespoon of baby formula for these "poor, dehydrated and separated beautiful children". * I have been calling for people to help feed these people while we figure out how to reunite the families but I am calling for deportation of ALL who have broken our laws. The local newspaper, The New Bedford Standard Times has decided to overwhelmingly favor the catch and release policy and let all " deserving," aliens continue to take from the taxpayer resources with equal access to Americans.

The O’Reilly Factor of Fox News contacted me and asked me to look into the now infamous op/ed of the NY Times newspaper  suggesting that the ICE raid was responsible for babies of illegal aliens being sent to area hospitals as a result of the incarcerations of their mothers (here against the law). I was able to determine from a Hospital spokeswoman and from the very woman who carried one of the two babies in question, that these poor babes were indeed dehydrated..as a result of pneumonia, something the New York Times mentioned nothing of. It didn’t end there. I was also able to learn that one of the mothers of these two actually lied about having children when the federal officials interviewed her. This kept the two separated much longer than was necessary.

Regarding my appearance on, " The O’Reilly Factor," I got an answer similar to the question of whether or not the light in the fridge’ stays on. No, the ‘green room’ is not always green. After trudging my way northward from Dartmouth to Watertown in a car Fox News sent for me, we arrived some three hours later (thanks to the snow and the Tim Conwayesque pace the driver set). Brushing off the snow, I was guided to my private green room (yellow) a very nice waiting area with my own couch, desk, TV and PC.

After an hour, I was asked to follow a young man to the studio. The subcontractor here is used by ESPN, Fox, ABC and others to link satellite interviews for view broadcasts and it is clear they are quite busy in this business. The studio was a small room (12’x16’) with a table and single chair set in front of a lone camera. A flat screen was set behind the chair to provide images of Boston as my backdrop. I was told that the appearance would begin in about "five minutes," but it was really around thirty-five. M opponent in this appearance was a one Ali Raza Noorani, Executive Director of MIRA ( Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition)

Here is how that went…