[lt.america]

You could just as easily put whites into his statement.

I felt that his comments were not only demeaning to blacks but Mexicans as well. It is time for Mexico to get a leader who takes care of his own instead of attaching his country like a parasite to the underbelly of this country.

[sushiman]

Back in the 80's , I recall then Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan saying that the reason the Japanese were clobbering the USA in trade was because American quality / workmanship were down because there were too many blacks in the work force . Paraphrasing , of course , but that was the jist of what he said . Anybody else remember that ?

[planekT]

...You could just as easily put whites into his statement...

You sure could. So this really isn't an issue of race is it.

It had been just an economic issue. But because of 9\11 and groups like MS13, it has also become a security issue.

We have to look more closely at those coming into our country now. No doubt. But it's funny to hear folks who are mad at the Mexicans who come here and get things from our government. That outrage should be directed at our government for giving it to them.