Comments on: Homeland Security fiddles at airports while illegals stream over Mexican border

By: Joel Wechsler

Joel Wechsler — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:18:02 +0000

Barbara, this is the most racist comment it has ever been my displeasure to read on this normally civil site. Perhaps you are unaware of the billion (yes BILLIONS) of dollars that illegal immigrants pay in income and social security taxes. Remember that the vast majority came here, not to do illegal things, but to work and earn money, just as most legal immigrants have done for centuries. Next time you buy fruits and vegetables, think about who picked them and whether you would like to trade places with them. By the way, in Boston, where I live,we have a huge number of illegal Irish immigrants. Would you call them baby-makers, or is that term reserved for Illegal Latins?

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:55:35 +0000

Barbara, that is themost incredibly racist comment I have ever had the displeasure of seeing on this site. You obviously are unaware of the billions(yes, BILLIONS) of dollars that these people here illegally pay in taxes and social security. I wonder if you eat vegetables or fruits, as most of those are picked by the same people. I’m sure you would love to have a job like that! Think about the next time you buy produce. By the way, in Boston, where I live we have a huge number of illegal Irish immigrants. Do you call them baby makers too, or only those from Latin countries?

By: barbara

barbara — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:18:48 +0000

Skip, big difference. Who do you who do you think supports illegals?wE THE TAXPAYER. We are forced to subsidize their healthcare in emergency wards. They are great at oone thing baby makers.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:31:47 +0000

Skip, I can’t believe you. I’ve heard all illegals from where ever referred to as such. The problem is there are more illegal Mexicans than any other nationality in our country. I live in WA and we have more illegals from Mexico than from those coming from Canada. My son is in law enforcement and he said they called ICE to report an illegal from Mexico and they said “Oh, we only want to hear about them if they commit a felony!” ICE in Seattle has had no problem sending back illegal Asians, illegal Figians, and illegal South Africans that they’ve discovered here. We aren’t the ones discriminating, ICE is the one that is not doing their job and getting the illegals back to Mexico. In our state they know where they are. There was a company just north of where I live and it was raided. There were a number of illegal Mexicans that were detained. Later Napalito step in and they were released and given green cards!!! That isn’t done with other nationalities.

By: Skip

Skip — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:33:32 +0000

I despise referring to people as “illegals”. People are not illegal. Their actions may be illegal, their residency status may be illegal, but individuals aren’t “Illegal”.

Mindsets like this allow us to look at people as ants to be squashed under the heel instead of as fellow human beings. It smacks of racism against Latinos, since when Americans use the term “illegals” they really mean “Mexicans”. I have yet to hear complaints about Chinese, Canadians, Gemans, Brits, or Danes, although I have met people from those countries who are here in the USA illegally–and for the same reason Mexicans come: work and $$$.

But for some reason it’s okay to ignore them while lambasting the Mexicans.

By: Marilyn Long

Marilyn Long — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:40:08 +0000

Or what about those arriving by ship? Since most cruises docking here, originate in the US, probably cruise ships are not likely to be the source of illegal entry, but are crews of cargo ships checked? For that matter, the last that I read on the subject of the cargo itself, it wasn’t really carefully screened in all ports either.

By: John M

John M — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:05:41 +0000

A couple of points on this article. First, we treat all visitors like they are criminals and then we wonder why the number of foreign tourists has dropped so much over the last 8 years.

Second, I find it interesting that we continue to harp about the unsecured border with Mexico and fail to mention the one with Canada. Sure, most Canadians don’t want to sneak into the USA however there are a great many Chinese who visit Canada and then wander south. I suspect that there are probably a fair number of other groups of illegal immigrants who have made their way across our northern border.

By: Hapgood

Hapgood — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:16:20 +0000

“We are subjecting all foreign visitors to the United States to the same procedures faced by criminals under arrest.”

We are subjecting all air travelers, foreign and domestic, to the same procedures (including a strip search, when the TSA finishes rolling it out) as convicted felons on their way to prison. So why should we complain about being fingerprinted?