[dalebert]

THEY ARE NOT IMMIGRANTS...THEY ARE ILLEGALS

[central_va]

If it is soooo bad here, then why do they keep coming?

[combat_boots]

Yeah, we citizens get to cross borders, take jobs from others, own land and abandon mortgages — almost at will. And, we get free benes, services, education, welfare, health care and who knows what else.

Mexicans are so welcome in Asia, too, I hear.

[redpoll]

Hey thanks, Mr. Mexican President!

I’m going to be an immigrant too! I’ll just drive down to Baja somewhere, find a nice little nest somewhere with a hill to my back and the ocean to my face, build a house, get a job, bring my wife and kids and cousins and sisters and brothers, and we’ll work hard in our new Baja home. We’ll be doing the jobs Mexicans refuse to do. And because I come from a culture known for its hard work and thrift, we’ll add to the economy. (I’m Jewish; my wife’s ancestry is from Milan; neither culture are known for slouching.) To make it better, we are from classic Mediterranean people. My wife’s brown-olive skin is lovely, and will be more so in our new Baja home, so if you tell us to leave, you’re a racist pig! And an antisemite, although that doesn’t count for much these days.

I wonder how long that would last. Probably not as long as a similarly illegal migrant in Arizona.

[humblegunner]

His point seemed to be that by treating illegal Mexican immigrants as a police matter, the new Arizona law is attacking their human rights.

They have a human right to stay the hell in Mexico.

Otherwise.. not so much.

[ByDesign]

“The president of Mexico was furious. “Criminalizing immigration, which is a social and economic phenomena, opens the door to intolerance, hate and discrimination,” Felipe Calderon told a meeting of Mexican immigrant groups. The state of Arizona had gone too far.”

A flat out, utter lie. Legal immigration is in no way being criminalized, nor is it a socio-econimic phenomena. It is a complete and utter disregard for our border, our laws, and our citizens.

We, as a people, need to tell him, and all those that seek to enter our country illegally, that it’s our country, we will decide who enters, who can work here, and don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.

Our government *should* be doing that, but I think we can all agree that’s not going to happen.

Az has shown the way: if the Fed won’t do it, then WE will. And there’s not a damned thing the corrupt Mexican government can do about it.

[bgill]

Some argue that illegal Mexican immigrants are doing jobs nobody else wants

Our prisons attest to that fact.

[muleskinner]

Whoever wrote this article didn't read the law.

Nobody can be stopped because they have a certain "look". It has to be a legal violation like a traffic stop or criminal complaint - like 25 people living in the house next door.

If the suspect shows a valid U.S. driver's license, 95% of the time, that'll be the end of it.

[driftless2]

What if in the distant future Mexico experienced an economic boom, and thousands of anglo-looking gringos poured across the border into their country looking for jobs? You better believe they’d be profiling them.

[USNBandit]

The answer is supply and demand.

We can't win the war on drugs becuase there is always somebody that wants to get high.

The war on illegal immigration can largely be won by cutting off the demand for cheap illegal labor. We have to make it so painful on businesses that use illegal labor that it stops making it profitable. At the same time we could offer a guest worker program that doesn't include a path to citizenship.

[Oldpuppymax]

For decades, Mexico has used the US as a dumping ground for perverts, thugs, drug dealers—that is, those who refuse to bribe Mexican officials—and all manner of criminals and general undesirables. No WONDER Mexican authorities are mad about the Arizona law. They might actual have to deal with their own sub-human citizens!

[Venturer]

Tell Mr. Calderon that when he changes the Mexican laws that criminalise immigration we may give it a thought, Until then—Suck off.

[Republic of Texas]

Illegals are criminals in Mexico. Why not in the US also?

[marron]

If you get pulled over, and you have ID, then you get a ticket and thats the end of it.

If you get pulled over, and you don’t have any ID, and you can’t speak English, then that might arouse suspicion. That won’t catch everyone because its quite possible to be in the country illegally and still have proper ID. Someone who overstayed their visa would still have proper ID.

But cops pick up people every day who match every profile for an illegal border-jumper and many complain that when they call Immigration to check them out, Immigration tells them they don’t have time to deal with it, they don’t have anyone available to send over, and in the end the cops wind up cutting the guy loose. I’ve been told this by family members who are cops, and have heard it from others.

[Soothesayer]

Leftists believe in their right to take anything they want from you but you have NO RIGHTS!

[Paladin2]

Mexico needs to change its laws to allow US citizens the right to buy parts of Mexico and institute a Free State.

[phockthis]

SFL

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

The president of Mexico was furious. "Criminalizing immigration..."

No, dumb A. Not immigration. ILLEGAL immigration! Invasion, actually.

[PubliusMM]

Yep...they are illegals.

So, let’s duplicate Mexico’s immigration laws and enforce them. That should work fine.

It’s time to take back the country. A secure border is a good place to start.

[RockyMtnMan]

The president of Mexico should STFU no one wants to hear his hypocrite ass comment on our immigration policies. These people know damn well what they are saying is complete nonsense but they say it anyway. He says what he says because he is either told to or gains from it politically, no other reason.