[Tancred]

Holy cow! I favor immigration reform, including the jailing and deportation of illegals, and stiff fines for their employers, but shooting them goes a bit too far (although there's nothing wrong with a good caning). But what's the deal with this guy? Was he just some nut who flipped out, or (possible, but less likely) was this drug-related?

[Seruzawa]

Where was Willie Green when this happened?

[keving]

Olive skinned man shoots brown skilled refugees, flees scene in white late model van. Developing...

[DrCarl]

If this happened every day, we'd soon not have an illegal Mexican problem.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Well, ya know... it's not like they were LEGAL immigrants... they were felons, breaking the law. Period.

[Lil'freeper]

Was he just some nut who flipped out, or (possible, but less likely) was this drug-related?

Could be, but in general landowners are reaching their breaking points with the immigrant 'problem' although you ususally hear of shootings closer to the border where the tresspassing problems are worse (you look out your window and find people washing in your pool, etc). Had a neighbor growing up in Pinal county with a sign in his yard that read "No Tresspassing. Violators will be shot. Survivors will be prosecuted." While it does not justify murder the 'get the hell off my land' sentiment is nearly universal in that area.

[Marine Inspector]

PONG

It was just a matter of time before this happened.

[boris]

"Holy cow! I favor immigration reform, including the jailing and deportation of illegals, and stiff fines for their employers, but shooting them goes a bit too far (although there's nothing wrong with a good caning). But what's the deal with this guy? Was he just some nut who flipped out, or (possible, but less likely) was this drug-related?"

If they were shot by U.S. soldiers defending the border would you complain? Does it matter to you that U.S. Border Patrol agents have been fired upon?

Suppose they were tresspassing on his property and ignored orders to leave?

Eventually it will come to something like this--so long as our rulers refuse to protect our borders.

--Boris

[Lightnin]

"Was he just some nut who flipped out, or (possible, but less likely) was this drug-related?"

Nah, it was Pat Buchanan!

[cynicom]

The threshold for enough is enough, is lower in some people.

[yarddog]

I recall a few years ago some TV program showed a large number of bodies on the border of South Africa and either Angola or perhaps Mozambique.

This was in the days of Apartheid and it is amazing how many illegal were trying to get into that horrible (sarcasm) country.

BTW these were not being killed by South Africa but by their home country. The bodies were simply left to rot. I don't recall any criticism of these countries brutality by any country including the U.S.

Of course if South Africa had shot even one there would have been world wide outrage.

[4Freedom]

"Was he just some nut that flipped out,...?"

Could be this batch of illegals was being punished for not using a 'Coyote' or paying the 'mordida' to cross the border.

I find it hard to believe that any American that speaks English and that's been following the D.C. snipers for the past two weeks would have been stupid enough to leave brass behind.

[BSunday]

How does "illegal alien" translate into "immigrant". There is no such thing as an "illegal immigrant", by definition. If you are an illegal then you are not an immigrant.