[Susannah]

Actually, Mexican-Americans are rarely taken for illegals. The last time I was asked was in 1968. We Mexican-Americans are more concerned with our careers, jobs, businesses, getting our kids through college, etc. If Bush wants to close the border that's fine with us. And we don't give a rat's maracas what LULAC or MECHA or any of those bozos think. They are a shrill minority who do not represent us.

You're a refreshing voice! I don't know where you're located, but when the Border Patrol started working inland to identify illegals the local tv channels in the Los Angeles area showed Mexican Americans claiming they were afraid to send their children to school or go to work because they were being harassed. The news also showed local Democrat politicians coming to their rescue and demanding the Border Patrol stay out of their regions.

The MECHA-types have selected Los Angeles as their capitol according to http://www.aztlan.net and they also selected John Kerry as best for their "cause". (see article endorsing Kerry for president: http://www.aztlan.net/the_election_and_aztlan.htm

[risk]

Santa Cruz Marine laid to rest (Cpl. Andrés H. Peréz, whose sister Cpl. Elvira "Vita" Peréz is also a Marine.)

As you do CAWats with your condemnation of LULAC and MeCHA, they both bring great honor to Latino immigrants.