If you've noticed local reporters are anxiously awaiting the X-mas holiday as well

Examples: A bomb threat at Fort Osage High School makes headlines today and on a national scale an insignificant number of arrests related to immigration makes for high hopes among the xenophobic crowd but doesn't really mean much given the fact that employers won't have to pay any significant fines and the crackdown has only pointed out that yet another industry in the U.S. is dependent on the low wage labor of undocumented workers along with the added bonus of making meat prices higher.