I've noticed lately on the news that INS has been cracking down big time on Illegal Immigration. 80 immigrants were arrested in one hour from ONE company in one city, then several thousand more in other cites just recently. What happened to make them finally get on the ball?
138042
Maybe someone is finally getting smart.\n\nUnless the Republican Congress can align its border policy with conservative values and pass legislation that ends illegal immigration the Republicans will loose both houses in November and the Presidency in 2008. \n\nMany Americans will not vote for anyone that sells out on this issue and allows the illegal immigration of nearly 20 million Mexicans (depending on who you believe)  into this country to stand. \n\nThe stakes are high and the issues fundamental to our nation’s security, economic well being and core belief in the sovereignty of our people, respect for the law and dignity of all immigrants looking to build a legitimate future in America.\n\nMake no mistake, this is a critical moment in America and the decisions made will have a lasting impact on our prosperity, culture and futures of our children.\n\nI think they (congress) finally figured this out.
479098
Because illegal immigration (I'll assume that's what you mean) is a big deal. So what if the minimum wage got raised? Illegal immigrants cost us billions of dollars. And if you are aiding and abetting an illegal immigrant, it is a crime, so you can be arrested.
287601
Just so happens in-case you haven't noticed all over the news and paper and internet..Hispanics are the ones flooding our boraders...now if there was a bunch of other nationality coming over it would be about them...and Get one thing stright...what you consiter racim to us is about LAWS...you don't think that Americans do those jobs at all that you posted??? Only the Hispanics??? Something is wrong with your information. oh and btw..Illegal is Illegal
256672
That is appalling.  I hadn't heard of that.  You're right - it is just an invitation to illegal immigrants to come in and all they have to do is stay low for 10 years and they have it made!  Nothing like encouraging illegal immigration - come on in!
296841
I'd go for the corporations and businesses, they are the next in this pyramid of breaking the law, the last would be the illegals who have been getting away with coming here, getting jobs and staying without any contemplation whatsoever. The top of this pyramid is the government that doesn't enforce Immigration laws. Lately, we have many "real problems" that our President is just not equipped to solve, they just seem to get worse.
456145
There are things happening in Pennsylvania from what I hear.\n\nIt's time for the people in this country to get up off their butts and go out and do something about it if the federal and local governments will not.\n\nI am sick of the damned whiners and do-gooders who take the side of the illegal mexican immigrant criminals.
170750
It wouldn't work.  The INS does not have enough money to deport all the illegals they catch.
576109
I have read similar articles! All ILLEGALS are criminals,just by sneaking into the country, then we have a  MAJORITY of illegals that have committed OTHER crimes, just like these in the article!!!!! They ALL need to be DEPORTED!!!!!!!!
570714
It really sucks, doesn't it!?!   It infuriates me that these people are able to sneak into our country in the first place. I have seen the videos showing the coyote layup sites (where they meet up with their smugglers).  What a huge mess.  It is a real shame!\n\nI have joined the Minuteman project (National as well as my state chapter). They are at least trying to make a dent in it.  Check out the videos and other information at their website.\n\nI love the new motto "National Citizen Neighborhood Crime Watch - Securing America's Border"
191226
I recently read this article in the Chicago Sun Times.  It is both enlightening and scary.  I am living overseas temporarily, but I often wonder what I'll return to when I do come home.  The US is not what it used to be.  Here's the article:\n\nNo easy answers on immigration conundrum \nApril 9, 2006 \nBY MARK STEYN SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST  \n \nHere's my immigration "compromise": We need to regularize the situation of the 298 million non-undocumented residents of the United States. Right now, we get a lousy deal compared with the 15 million fine upstanding members of the Undocumented American community. I think the 298 million of us in the overdocumented segment of the population should get the chance to be undocumented. You know when President Bush talks about all those undocumented people "living in the shadows"? Doesn't that sound kinda nice? Living in the shadows, no government agencies harassing you for taxes and numbers and paperwork. \nGo ahead, try it. In Michelle Malkin's book Invasion, she recounts the tale of two fellows who in August 2001 pulled into a 7-Eleven parking lot in Falls Church, Va., in search of fake ID from the illegal-alien assistance network that hangs around there. Luis Martinez-Flores, who'd been living here illegally since 1994, took them along to the local DMV, supplied them with a fake address and falsely certified they lived there. The very next day, the two guys returned with two pals of their own, and used their own brand-new state ID on which the ink was not yet dry to obtain in turn brand-new state ID for their buddies. A couple of weeks later, all four of them used their Virginia ID to board American Airlines Flight 77 at Dulles Airport and plowed it into the Pentagon. \nThink about that. From undocumented illegal alien in the 7-Eleven parking lot to lawful resident of the State of Virginia in just a couple of hours. Wow. Say what you like about Luis Martinez-Flores, but he runs one efficient operation. \nBy comparison, say you've got two kids under 5, and you'd like to bring over a nice English nanny to look after them. Name of Mary Poppins. Good references, impeccable character. If you apply now, there's a sporting chance the process may be completed before your children's children are in college. \nGiven that the new immigration "compromise" bill retrospectively approves all the millions of people who've been through the super-efficient Luis Martinez-Flores immigration system but without doing anything to improve the sclerotic U.S. government immigration system, maybe it would be better just to subcontract the entire operation to Senor Martinez-Flores and his colleagues. It would certainly be cheaper. The extensive Undocumented American support network manages to run it out of the back of the car from a parking lot without a lot of air-conditioned offices full of lifetime employees on government pensions, and given that the net result is exactly the same people who'd be living here anyway, why not go with the lowball bid? Legal immigrants to the United States can only envy the swift efficient service Messrs. Hani Hanjour and Khalid Almihdhar received outside that 7-Eleven. \nAll developed countries have immigration issues, but few conduct the entire debate as disingenuously as America does: The president himself has contributed a whole barrelful of weaselly platitudes, beginning with his line that "family values don't stop at the Rio Grande." True. They don't stop at the 49th parallel either. Or the Atlantic shore. Or the Pacific. So where do family values stop? At the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. If you're an American and you marry a Canadian or Belgian or Fijian, the U.S. government can take years to process what's supposed to be a non-discretionary immigration application, in the course of which your spouse will be dependent on various transitional-status forms like
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First if the INS has not hunted anyone down up to this point for 30 years, I doubt they will start in 3 years.\n\nIt offeres people a benifit to do illegal activities.\n\nAnd in the end, it does not stop the ones comming in, but would give more reasons to come in during the next few years to try and be legal.\n\nAnd also most of the illegals will not trust the government to try to become legal.  The ones now that have tried to become legal are the only ones being deported
260013
NO! Because we cannot afford a huge flood of immigrants into this country, our social structure cant bear it.  Plus, then you are allowing everyone in- I dont know about you, but Id prefer Mexico keep their child molestors and murderers, we have enough up here already.  Are the schools in your area empty?  Are they complaining about having too much money?  I know mine are filled to the max, so an uncontrolled flood of illegals filling the place up faster than we can build new schools would not be a good thing.  Are the jails empty and your cops having nothing to do in your area?  Not the case where I live.  Are the roads empty where you live?  Not where I live, I dont know if they can bear thousands of new cars on the road, as you flood us with illegals.  Are your health care costs Low?  Is it easy to find a Dr. in your area?  By adding millions of uninsured illegals to our system, do you think your costs would go down or up (duh-up of course!)? Etc Etc.  Legal immigration allows for non-criminal, educated people, who actually want to be come productive citizens to come to the US in a controlled manner.  Legal immigration is great.  Illegal immigration is horrible for the US and for all the legal citizens (both immigrants and natural born).  Learn the facts of this problem before spouting off about how our government is "being mean".
75831
Don't worry my Canadian friend, I believe that this issue will have to be taken care of. It's the Capitalists that are really to blame here; because they have exploited the Latinos. I really don't think it is all their fault, do you "Really"? It's an obvious Employer, Employee problem. the Employers in my area invite them into my country illegally. Heavy fines should be imposed on the Employers, and that is the way it used to be in America. So it is only a select few, a minority that has once again screwed up things for the majority. That includes Canadians, and everyone else from all the other Countries. Bush's watch, and his problem. Nobody can do anything about it all right now, but him.
411536
I feel like I am going to be hunted down, right in my own country. I have to add that a lot of legal hispanics are against illegal immigration too. My neighbor who lives in a double was furious the other day, the other side of his house was rented out to illegals, a drug bust went on, he's dominican and he is legal, has been since birth. He has two small children, so you could just imagine what he was saying about illegals. I do think illegals are invading the country, I dont think they could ever over run it, even if there is a large latino ratio, there are still thousands of legal latinos that are p!ssed just like any other race. Just not so many on here of course!
553090
this is wrong and should be stoped . now why are all the illegals in this country???if they were not hired to work here they would be someother place. think about it and think who is responsible for the influx of illegals. its not the mexicans. talk to your big rich companies and the ones who hire illegals.
235033
It attracted attention of mass media and politicians to the problem of illegal immigration. Hopefully it will be solved soon... and change situation for immigrants for better.
580108
Yes, I love it!  I look on the internet news daily for more stories like the one about the mayor of Hazelton, PA, or Sheriff Joe in Arizona, or big unexpected roundups of illegals in different cities.  It does my heart proud to see the citizens of the USA standing up against this injustice that the government has allowed to occur and get out of hand - illegal immigration.  I believe the power of the American citizens is now snowballing against illegal immigration and whether the Federal Government wants to or not, they are going to have to listen to the people whom they work for, and act accordingly.  The days of the freebies and handouts for illegal immigrants are quickly coming to an end and the smart ones will start planning their own voluntary self-deportations now, rather than wait until they are found and shipped out, possibly leaving family members behind in the USA.  Better they start planning and get themselves organized for an orderly return to their home countries before they get caught by immigration officials or the police or their landlord or their employer.  This way, if they have lived cleanly in the USA so far, without committing further offences since they first illegally came over the border, they have a hope of returning legally one day, if they go home now and apply to immigrate to the USA through the proper procedures.  WAKE UP ILLEGALS!  Do yourselves and your families a favour and return yourselves in an orderly fashion now, while you still can.  Otherwise, don't cry and whine when you get caught and shipped out on a moment's notice, when you aren't ready.  The jig is up!  Amnesty is NOT coming!!  Wake up and smell the coffee!