Immigration sweep brings fear to community

Yahoo News & AP ^ | June 18, 2006 | ELLIOT SPAGAT

[Clock King]

Tell me, what happens to an illegal alien in Mexico, in France, In Germany, etc? Only the US is getting hammered for doing what EVERY other nation does.

[Redbob]

"I meant at the beginning."

Because he's a CROOK!

One law doesn't mean any more to him than another.

[sinanju]

"If I were in a position of being caught and deported while walking my kid to school, I would still walk the kid to school. If I got deported we would be deported as a family."

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That's what makes monkeying with the Constitution unnecessary over this issue. Everything I have read states that minor citizen children MUST accompany their deported parents and can only return when they come of age. This "anchor baby" business was bogus from the start.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

This joker likely had a record in Mexico. That is why he was muling the pot to pay off the coyote. The media NEVER reports on the criminal background of illegal immigrants. Some number of them do get a NAFTA visa or a tourist visa before the convictions show up on Mexican paper. Then they never return to Mexico (or whatever country of origin). The Mexican government encourages the criminals to come to the US. There has never been an accurate, detailed study conducted to determine the true numbers. Primarily because the Mexican government refuses to cooperate. And congress will never fix this, because of the funding for the WOD trumps all other issues in Mexico and south America. It is maddening.

[hinckley buzzard]

A sense of unease has spread in this community of weather-worn homes since immigration agents began walking the streets as part of a stepped-up nationwide effort targeting an estimated 590,000 immigrant fugitives. Other illegal immigrants are being rounded up along the way.

Good news. Like a breath of fresh air. Why couldn't this have been going on since 1986? There wouldn't be a problem today.

[Da Mav]

My guess it will only last long enough to pass an amnesty bill. We had best keep our eye on the ball.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

2179 down, 12 million to go! :-)

[COBOL2Java]

Dateline, SAN DIEGO...

Damn. I wish this story had been about my neighborhood!

[CindyDawg]

I guess it's expensive to get his and her SS cards.

[sweetliberty]

"Any random roundups should be concentrated on day-labor hangouts, shopping centers and bodegas, and of course work sites."

Here, all they'd have to do is hit Tyson and Walmart. I see them all the time, cruising around in nice fancy new cars blaring their obnoxious gangster "music." Walmart, at any given time, is packed with pregant Mexicans and their non-English speaking kids. And to add insult to injury, Walmart caters to them big time. It infuriates me.

[Libloather]

Meantime, Congress is considering a broad overhaul of immigration laws.

Sounds like the old laws work just fine...

Magdaleno Martinez, right, waits on a street corner with other day laborers looking for work in the Linda Vista neighborhood of San Diego Friday, June 16, 2006. The neighborhood was raided as part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 'Operation Return to Sender.' Since the raids the number of day laborers on the street corner has declined. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

[zerosix]

How's about we do ALL of those things you suggest PLUS what ICE is currently doing?

After that, show up at the large box stores, say early in the a.m. and check everyone's I.D. who is checking in.

[seasoned traditionalist]

"Calleja said his uncle was deported but then sneaked across the border in Tijuana, Mexico. He was back in San Diego a little more than a week later.

Wonder what took him so long? /sarc

[goldstategop]

We should deport them ALL. It CAN be done despite the Drive By Media's sob stories and incessant hand-wring about "fear" that sweeps through illegal strongholds and "oh, the expense, the expense!" Time to get on with the program.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[jordan8]

The inevitable street gangs that follows this immigration has brought fear to many communities.