ILLEGAL ENTRANTS' RESIDUE Trash woes piling up

The Arizona Daily Star ^ | 08.24.2005 | Tony Davis

[Borax Queen]

All the mountain ranges are getting trashed, and yesterday when the rivers flowed, they were clogged with debris from illegal aliens. There was always some litter from the people coming over to "just work," but over the last six years, it has started to look 3rd world around here.

[Borax Queen]

The trash is a good indicator of the 3rd world conditions we are falling into as the border moves north.

[jackbenimble]

Check my tagline

[TheBigB]

They're just doing the littering that Americans won't do!

[Blood of Tyrants]

If we allow illegal immigration to continue unchecked, we WILL be a third world country.

[McGavin999]

Drive down the streets of Phoenix, once the cleanest city on the planet, and you'll see trash scattered everywhere. I was stunned the other day as I looked around an beautiful old neighborhood that used to be pristine all the time and now looks like a third world cesspool.

[chris1]

All while Rome burns.

[norton]

They have a good opportunity to save money by deleting the bilingual signs to mark the dump sites..(!)

[Kenton]

Sounds like a good community service project for any illegals they pick up.

[Dallas59]

Send the bill to President Fox.

[rabidralph]

We should get some of those superguns that they use to fling pumpkins, and launch (all) the trash back over the border.

[Mike Darancette]

Can we arrest them for littering?

[sportutegrl]

We need to build a Great Wall of China type wall. It would actually save money. O'Reilly said last night that 30% of inmates convicted of violent crimes are illegals. Maybe we could start a march on Washington or a letter writing campaign to build a wall.

[bk1000]

"but over the last six years, it has started to look 3rd world around here."

Yep, it's gonna get worse too. These people are going to keep coming as long as they can make 10 times the Mexican wage, get free health care, free education, and possibly a ranch. We can't deport millions of people. We have to make them leave on their own. The only solution is to not hire illegals and punish those who do. Anybody that hires one even to cut their grass is part of the problem.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Send the bill to President Fox.

No. Send the bill to Crawford, Texas.

[HiJinx]

There was always some litter...

Oh dear, Tucson, wake up...

I don't mean that to sound harsh, but there's no other way. Arizona has 2 major counties - Pima and Maricopa - where I'd guess more than 75% of the state lives. Pima County - Tucson - has finally awoken to the environental tragedy that Cochise County - Sierra Vista, Tombstone, Bisbee, Douglas, and the border - has been living with for the last 5 years. We have over a thousand a day crossing the border here, which means we're looking at 4 tons of trash daily dumped in our back yards. And that's nothing compared to the human waste that coats the Coronado National Forest, the San Pedro River, and the Huachuca Mountains.

The good news is that it's now happening in a location that matters to the powers that be. Maybe...just maybe...somebody will wake up to this catastrophe.

Sorry for the rant...this article really struck a nerve.

[television is just wrong]

Collect the trash and deliver it to McCain's office.

[television is just wrong]

I agree. We cannot bring them up, but they can bring us down.

[HiJinx]

We did that two years ago.

[television is just wrong]

Do it again. More trash bigger impact. And the area will be clean.