[VOA]

Palm Beach County, thought of as the winter playground for retired New Yorkers,
is home to an estimated 190,000 Hispanics,...

A place with a bunch of undocumented immigrants that can be hired
on the cheap and exploited...
well, of course, that's where "progressive" liberal New Yorkers would
tend to congregate!

[Mind-numbed Robot]

...despite the SUV-sized hole in their living-room ceiling...

Put a hanging chad over it.

[TCats]

<>"But in front of their home, a trailer housing nine illegal immigrants was"

Welcome to the 21st Century version of servitude - I call it 'Neo-Slavery'. The employers get docile, on the cheap labor, do not pay taxes or SS and reap the benefits. When something happens these people are on their own and rely on the Taxpayer to make up the shortfall. Nothing new or, for that matter, racist here - Just plain old employer profits and a fraud upon the Taxpayer.

[stylin19a]

Vasquez, who emigrated more than 20 years ago ...She and her husband Ernesto, ... are permanent residents

Vasquez, who speaks little English,...

We need to improve communication with Hispanics,"

sigh...beam me up, scotty

[Clemenza]

Palm Beach County, thought of as the winter playground for retired New Yorkers, is home to an estimated 190,000 Hispanics, up from about 140,000 in 2000, according to the U.S. Census. That is about 15 percent of the county's population.

Most of the Hispanics in Palm Beach County are Guatamalan (mainly Mayan, ie don't even speak Spanish) or Mexicans from the far south of that country. There are also plenty of Haitians, legal and illegal.

Most Palm Beach County "residents"/voters don't care as long as their yard work is done and their bed pans are cleaned. As my transplanted from New York/Open Borders father told me over Thanksgiving, "who else is going to push my wheelchair?"

[Joann37]

I'm more worried about the U.S. citizens in Mississippi, who to this day, are apparently still living in tents! It's been three months; how much longer can they live like that? It seems like most of the aid and attention went to those in New Orleans; other communities affected by Katrina seem to have been forgotten.

[Between the Lines]

...the red "X" on their door marking the mobile home as condemned...
but the couple have yet to be visited by aid workers or local officials.

So they put the big red X on their own door to condemn their own home?

[Fishing-guy]

It's very sad, but just how much can the government do? Now that we are moving into the more frequent hurricane period, watch out.

[The Red Zone]

If I was Senor Fox, I'd be teaching English to everybody in Mexico. All the better to leech off of the USA.

[Caipirabob]

I live a few miles down the road where many of the people live and work. It's about as close to "farmland" you get to here in SoFlo.

That being said, while I pity our legal guests, there is ample aid available for all of them.

As for the illegals, why...WHY are we not arresting and severely fining any companies that hire them?!? Cut off the jobs for illegals and there will be none. Punish those who encourage and participate the crime.

[Sam Cree]

Considering that the primary purpose of American government is to provide everyone with housing, food, medical care, computers and instructions, it is hard to imagine who or what to blame for the delay here. Racism, no doubt.

[McGavin999]

How about learning to speak english? That would help a whole lot and considering you've been here for 20 years, it might mean you could earn more and buy YOURSELF a stronger house.

[conservativecorner]

Tell them to go home, like over the border back home. These people are here illegally. PERIOD!