[Texas]No way out: Undocumented immigrants must choose between facing a hurricane or being deported

The Brownsville Herald ^ | May 17, 2008 | LAURA B. MARTINEZ And KEVIN SIEFF

[Graybeard58]

How can you doubt it when it's on the internet?

[Faith-Hope]

After going through the new check point out of Laredo yesterday I doubt that they will be running cars through any checks. They usually open up both lanes to North bound traffic and they want the cars to move on. That is the only way they can get the folks out fast.

How would you feel if you were behind a van loaded with undocumented immigrants and you were stuck behind them while they looked at their papers? I don’t think it will happen.

[lonestar]

How can you doubt it when it's on the internet?

Oh! That explains it!

[dljordan]

“Something we never heard in the news is what happened in an East Texas County. A number of Texans were very upset about illegals coming into their county and driving down wages. So a number of them killed a bunch of illegals and laid their bodies on the steps of the court house. There are NO more illegals in that county.”

I just called the police on two of our little tattooed friends from south of the border not 30 minutes ago. They were in the park across from my house trying to pick up a 12 or 13 year old girl. We had a real eyeball dance before they took off. Scum.

[upchuck]

"Instead of offering us help when we need it most, they're threatening us with deportation," Patricia said. "It's like they're taking advantage of a disaster to go fishing for undocumented immigrants."

Got a solution for ya Patty. Why don't you just go home voluntarily?

Can you believe these poor whining criminal aliens?

[CindyDawg]

They can go to Mexico and avoid the lines. It's not that hard to get back. I wonder what Mexico would do if Americans in S TX made a dash for the border to get to interior Mexico, out of the storms path. Think we would have to go thru a check point?

[CindyDawg]

They can go to Mexico and avoid the lines. It's not that hard to get back. I wonder what Mexico would do if Americans in S TX made a dash for the border to get to interior Mexico, out of the storms path. Think we would have to go thru a check point?

[SwinneySwitch]

Sí se puede!

[MediaMole]

This sounds like a huge red herring.

Is there any chance that the ICE will have comprehensive checkpoints to survey tens of thousands of people fleeing a hurricane?

They can’t stop people coming over the border or manage to deport illegals convicted of crime.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

"It's like they're asking us to commit suicide," Patty said.

It's like we're asking them to respect our laws.

[SwinneySwitch]

The “undocumented” can always go west, away from the coast, or south into Mexico. There are illegals, believe it or not, who will try to use a hurricane for cover to move north into the US.

[shield]

I did not...I did that on purpose. My lips are zipped.