Captain Kirk wrote on May 23, 2008 4:56 PM:Beam me up Scotty! This is not a major "bust" but a show. We have thousands of criminals in the county and only 132 are arrested. What a joke! This country has become lawless and corrupt run by scam artists. Which one do you plan to vote for?
Happy Memorial Day

Bob wrote on May 23, 2008 5:24 PM:Good start!

ICE is cool wrote on May 23, 2008 5:58 PM:Great news! We don't need illegal immigrants thumbing their noses at our laws. Too bad Pedro Rios doesn't like these raids that get repeat and sometimes dangerous law-breakers out of our communities. I suppose he would rather those whose crimes include assault with a deadly weapon, carjacking, domestic violence and sexual assault roam freely in our neighborhoods.

Mark wrote on May 23, 2008 6:06 PM:It breaks up families? Well, whose fault is that in the first place??

anotherview wrote on May 23, 2008 6:11 PM:Foremost, criminal aliens, fugitive aliens, and illegal aliens have no right to live and work in America. America already has enough criminals. As Robin Baker of ICE said, "we're charged with protecting America." Thank goodness.

Ralphs wrote on May 23, 2008 6:33 PM:I see that the author of the article had to pull on the heart strings. Sorry, but I have no sympathy for those here "illegally" that have children at our expense then complain because they are deported without their children. They should have thought of that to begin with. ...

Common sense wrote on May 23, 2008 6:54 PM:If you don't want your criminal acts to negatively affect your children, you have a decision to make - either don't commit criminal acts or don't have children. Simple logic.

bob wrote on May 23, 2008 6:54 PM:GOOD JOB ICE!

To all of you Whiners wrote on May 23, 2008 7:11 PM:I hope this means there are a few more jobs available for U.S. citizens. How many of you are going to work or are you just going to complain about the illegals?A second job would be good for you in these hard times. Contribute some hard work people, don't just whine.

dave from oceanside wrote on May 23, 2008 7:33 PM:We are going to have to keep these bozos in our prisons until we get the construction going again and complete the border fence.
You might think it’s impossible but just this week we FORCED the
Open Border Democrats to strip more than 100 pages of controversial immigration provisions from the Iraq Spending Bill after an intense push back by the American people.

"The American people have been clear that they want us to restore the rule of law to our immigration system before legalization programs are considered," said Sen. Jeff Sessions to WorldNet Daily's Jerome Corsi.

Sessions was one of ten Senators who signed a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid demanding the amnesty language be dropped so as not to delay critical funding to the troops.

You see people, keep the heat on your representatives and we can stop this invasion, and get the border fence built. This action cost me $35 with an online group that faxed all the Senators to support the removal of Senator Feinstein’s addition to the bill granting amnesty.
AND IT WORKED.
Don’t let them tell you we don’t have a say, PLEASE GET INVOLVED.

Jose wrote on May 23, 2008 7:42 PM:Take the children with you, the parents are not part of our jurisdiction thereby making the child not part of it as well. No sympathy for having babies thinking the parents can stay. Selfish, child endangerment by the parents. Deport them all.

Patriot wrote on May 23, 2008 8:07 PM:I have a granddaughter who won't see her daddy for another 10 months. Is her daddy an illegal? NO. He is proudly serving in the USN. Does anyone care? NO. More concern is focused on illegals who can't see their children than on our own military people. When illegals come here, they shouldn't get to bring their wives and children (and have more on US soil.) Our brave men and women are overseas "doing a job that nobody else will do", and yet they don't have the luxury or consideration of having their families with them. Needless to say, they wouldn't want to endanger their families by bringing overseas; my point is that sometimes adults must make sacrifices. These wonderful illegals don't want to make sacrifices; they want it all- family, paycheck, medical attention, education- all at the expense of the American taxpayer- military included!)So boo-hoo if they're separated. They should have thought about it before they broke the law. My thoughts are with the military families, NOT THE LAWBREAKING ILLEGALS.

Fix It wrote on May 23, 2008 9:13 PM:Another clear cut reason to seal the loophole in the 14th Amendment, any child born to federal criminal illegal aliens is not a product or a citizen of the United States of America.
Having people abuse this misinterpreted part of the constitution only pulls families apart. Illegals cannot stay and the children cannot stay alone.
Good job ICE.

Robert wrote on May 23, 2008 9:41 PM:"Pedro Rios, director of the San Diego American Friends Service Committee said "The more people experience these raids, the more they realize how nefarious they are and how they disintegrate communities."

Let me re-phrase that for you, Pedro: The more people experience these illegal law breakers, the more they realize how nefarious they are and how they disintegrate communities.

Great job, ICE! Get the bad ones out first, and then work on all the rest that broke the law when they came here illegally. If they want to be here, they can get in line and do it right like all the other immigrants that made this Country great did.

Jannie wrote on May 23, 2008 10:36 PM:To Patriot: I belong to several organizations like "dave from Oceanside" does to fight for our sovreignty, and I've read thousands of words on this subject. But never have I read words like yours that struck such a chord. You're so incredibly right: these illegals do not give one iota of a care about our loved ones serving overseas, yet they want and want from America. Every time I write a senator or congressman, I usually write a P.S. that says these illegals care not one thing about America except for what it can give THEM.

I was so incensed that Sen. Feinstein had the gall to include an "emergency" attachment to the Iraq funding bill which would allow 1.5 million illegals AND their families to stay in this country! What her precious illegals had to do in regards to a bill to fund our troops literally left millions of U.S. citizens breathless. What a slap in the face it was to my son who was injured in Iraq and to all who honorably serve this country. Stealth moves like hers should have been the wake-up call of all wake-up calls that show us just how low some in Congress will go and what they REALLY think of American citizens and American troops. My family, we'll keep fighting the good fight against these corrupt, vile politicians who would sell us out in a heartbeat.

Please come to Penasquitos wrote on May 24, 2008 12:24 AM:There are about 50 illegals standing on the corner in my neighborhood and sleeping, defecating wherever they want. Please come and get them because we are all very tired of the filth they leave.

Cry me a river. If they weren't illegal in the first place they would have nothing to fear. People who break the law should fear the law.

Great job ICE. Keep it up.

Mike From Oregon wrote on May 24, 2008 3:46 AM:Cry Me A Cup Of Tears: Who cares if it breaks up there familys. Take the whole ... family back to mexico.

To Patriot wrote on May 24, 2008 6:58 AM:The people in the military don't make sacrifices at all. It's a job, they get paid. Jesus Christ made a sacrifice on the cross. Don't ever use the word "sacrifice" to describe a job the people in the military do. Too funny.

Thanks wrote on May 24, 2008 7:33 AM:Patriot at 8:07PM and Fix it at 9:13PM have said it right and said it well. Thanks for saving me all the key-strokes.

Proud to be an American wrote on May 24, 2008 8:17 AM:As a person who emmigrated to this country LEGALLY many years ago, I can't tell you how happy I am to read stories like this. I truly resent these people that steal their way into the USA, and their false sense of entitlement. People that are here illegally have no justification to whine about arrest or deportaion. Their own past actions created any hardship that they now face. Those that offer legal or financial aid to these people are nothing more than traitors to our country.

dave from oceanside wrote on May 24, 2008 8:38 AM:By the way the online organization is
GRASSFIRE if you want to get your voice heard over the bone head open border Senators.Not everything on this site I like but it has it's good points

ILLEGAL Families wrote on May 24, 2008 8:40 AM:Breaks up families...Ha! What a rouse is that? What about the legal American families the millions of illegal alien invaders are breaking up w/their lawlessnes and sucking down massive amounts of our hard earned tax dollars that should be going for the needs of legal American citizens...for OUR children in OUR schools...for OUR veterans, OUR families in need of medical and housing help, etc. These invaders need to go back to their countries of origin (for most it's Mexico) and petition their own governments for justice and stop gaming our system and trying to guilt trip kind American citizens w/their cheap rhetoric. What! Cause you have a Family, that gives you a free pass to unlimited law breaking? Give us a break!

Peoples Republic of California wrote on May 24, 2008 8:54 AM:Senator Feinstein is an abomination in what may very well become an Obama Nation. Dear ICE, please keep up the good work. Thank you for keeping America's children safer. Our Senators don't care as much about our children as they do for their deranged, narcissistic, hedonistic, liberal, amoral, steal-from-those-that-work-hard, left wing base that is perfectly ok with the concept of providing every free handout possible to law breaking, line jumping, invaders. Heres a better idea, take the monetary value of all those benefits and give them to our warfighters and law enforcement.

Go getem wrote on May 24, 2008 9:03 AM:Too bad these illegal immigrants live in fear. They brought it on themselves. They can go back to where they came from if they don't like it here and I wish they would. As an unemployed American, I live in fear too...of these illegal entrants taking our jobs and bringing down our wages and diminishing our social service benefits. As far as I''m concerned, the more raids, the better. ...

To Mr. Rios wrote on May 24, 2008 9:29 AM:Please encourage your compadres to return to Mexico before Ice rounds them up. That way they won't have to be fearful

Problem solved!!

(I had to get out my violin and tissues when I read this story-NOT)

Sandy wrote on May 24, 2008 9:34 AM:"The sweep...netted more than 900 in California." Please, Please tell me they left off a few zeros!

JessieG wrote on May 24, 2008 10:06 AM:I love the Mexican citizens who legally come to our country to visit or become American citizens. People who come to our country illegally are criminals, and are ruining our relationship with our southern neighbors.

Thank You ICE, you are doing a great job - despite the ostrich - senators/mayors/governors and president - who will not pull their heads out of the sand and enforce our laws.

go get em wrote on May 24, 2008 10:13 AM:yes and how bout driving around hoping that an uninsured,unlicensed illegal DOESN'T plow into you and put you in the hospital... and then they take off running ?? Sorry if ya don't like the way that sounds but as a native Californian...it DIDN'T USED TO BE THIS WAY. I know of many people this has happened to....it's just wrong. Run them outta here!!!

ICE Rocks wrote on May 24, 2008 10:25 AM:Who ever heard of someone calling the "Lawbreakers Friends Support Group" and complaining "Please don't arrest us for our crimes in raids because this breaks up families and creates fear in the Lawbreakers communities because they involve so many "collateral" arrests of other people who have also broken the law.

Nate wrote on May 24, 2008 10:25 AM:We can't pick and choose which laws we are going to obey, Rios. Ridiculous. How do these people merit their words being printed?

NC time wont print my post wrote on May 24, 2008 10:29 AM:however history repeats itself. Look into the past presidency's and see how formor presidents delt with immigaration. The men coming home from WW2 came home to jobs, why? Because the president threw out all illegal immigrants. It took 2 years to do it, but they got the job done. Watch out come NOV...democrates love illegals.

Reardon wrote on May 24, 2008 10:54 AM:Their wounds are self-inflicted. There are legal means for businesses to get migrant workers, and the problems we have are not workers -- it is their families! Workers do not crowd schoolrooms, or clinics, or jails -- it is their accompanying families who cause us our problems. We should offer the illegal alien workers a 5 year green card IF their families go home! (With a lifetime ban if their family members return.)

Ken wrote on May 24, 2008 11:06 AM:Probably the majority of those families that ICE finds along the way were born only to try and anchor the family. They should pass the law that for a baby to be born here and become a citizen of the US, has to have at least one LEGAL citizen of the US. That is how it is in other countries. My daughter was born in Germany, and because her parents were American citizens, she received her citizenship.

ALL of the ILLEGAL ALIENS need to return to their own country and then and only then, if they want to return to the US, they have to do it LEGALLY and no other way!

slappy wrote on May 24, 2008 11:07 AM:Until we round up every person who is in this country illegally we will continue to have problems. This is a joke

esteban wrote on May 24, 2008 11:30 AM:Jillings and Flores aren't gonna like this one...uh oh, I just got myself censored!

Fred wrote on May 24, 2008 11:58 AM:ICE Why don't you start a illegal immigrants address or GPS information tip web-site. No one want to see a family broken up so the whole family sould move where no laws are being broken. Back to there home country.

Angel wrote on May 24, 2008 12:18 PM:Imagine this- Rios's group is against the Border Fence and against enforcement of no -match letter. Really?

Why is this guy quoted? He is a joke and is against the rule of law.

The U.S. is tired of these complaints of tearing families apart. They are illegal. They need to go back to their home country where they can reunite with their whole family!!

To Ken wrote on May 24, 2008 1:02 PM:The Supreme Court has not explicitly ruled on whether children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents are entitled to birthright citizenship via the Amendment, although it has generally been ASSUMED that they are. Congress possesses the power to exclude such children from US citizenship by legislation. Such legislation is often proposed by individual members of Congress but has never been passed into law. It is time to PUSH our representatives on this issue and clarify illegal immigrant children are not citizens.
Dave from Oceanside

Greg in Oceanside wrote on May 24, 2008 1:59 PM:Great job ICE, and I hope they continue to conduct operations to rid our communities of illegal aliens. As for the open-border, pro-illegal immigrant advocates, I have absolutely no sympathy for illegal aliens and/or their affected families. We need to continue to instill fear of deportation upon illegal aliens and get them to self-deport at no cost to the taxpayers. I've been saying this all along, that the provisions of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment were intended for emancipated slaves and their children, not illegal aliens. We need to remove all incentives for the hordes of illegal aliens to come here. Our tolerance and the degradation of our quality of life has been pushed to the limit.

Louise wrote on May 24, 2008 3:49 PM:Federal agents arrested 137 people in San Diego County, including 32 in North County, during a three-week, statewide immigration crackdown that ended late Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Friday.

At this rate (32) in N County in 3 weeks - illegals will be here forever!

Great Job ICE wrote on May 24, 2008 4:32 PM:These illegal invaders are criminals to boot! No way should these people be in our communities. Keep up the good work.

Wrapped Up wrote on May 24, 2008 4:35 PM:The job is not near finished. Keep the operations going. Increase the resources to get this wrapped up sooner rather than later!

blunderbuss wrote on May 24, 2008 4:48 PM:Good RIDDANCE! About TIME this administration did SOMETHING about the ILLEGAL ALIEN IDENTITY THIEF invasion problem... SHEESH!

Bad ICE wrote on May 24, 2008 5:32 PM:Too bad ICE wasn't around 500 years ago. My native people would have a dignified existence. You all cry about your petty suffering,your jobs, taxes, and other things being stolen!?? Look at all we lost!My Native people were here first, we still are. Look at what you have done to us! Tell me if karma has decided to kick in.

blunderbuss wrote on May 24, 2008 6:04 PM:This has NOTHING TO DO with "Native People"... it has to do with an invasion of ILLEGAL ALIEN IDENTITY THEIVES.

LessonsofLife wrote on May 24, 2008 7:35 PM:What if I told you that some people have tried the right way, and they were still denied. I believe that yes it is the law, but some of you people are just so plain rude and inhumaine. I agree with "BAD ICE" I'm also Native American and you don't see the tribe I'm part of complaining. History tells a lot of sad stories, and how ignorance continues to treat others like dirt. People continue to complain about "dirty, nasty, identity theft, MEXICANS" come on IMMIGRANTS my friends come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. Don't just label the MEXICAN the only immigrant, just like I might look hispanic, but I'm not. I'm probably more educated than most of you. I've had rude people call me racist names and the funny thing about that is that I'M MORE OF A CITIZEN THAN THEY WILL EVER BE, THIS IS MY COUNTRY NOT YOURS UNLESS YOU'RE NATIVE TO THIS LAND. So please next time you see "brown" walking down the street think twice before calling ice, because THEY MIGHT MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A FOOL when you realize it's a innocent NATIVE AMERICAN!!!!

MJ wrote on May 24, 2008 8:08 PM:Here is the advise Mr. Rios should have given the mother who called him from TJ .... have your children and husband cross the boarder back into their home country .... should you desire to emigrate, apply at a consulate and wait your turn. But, since you may have broken laws in the US, other than immigration laws (eg. identity fraud), your chances of returning to the US are nil ... so, just make the best life you can in Mexico. Oh, and he should have her tell all her friends who may be contemplating a "better life" in the US that perhaps the answer is to better their life in Mexico instead.

High John de Conquerer wrote on May 24, 2008 9:05 PM:Thank you ICE for protecting us from returning criminals.

No thank you to the American Friends Service Committee for blocking enforcement of the law and creating more victims of crime.

Pedro wrote on May 24, 2008 9:15 PM:I surrender senior, I remember the last Mexican / American war. Aye carumba!!!!

Steve wrote on May 24, 2008 9:33 PM:These raids and arrests won't do any good until they start going after and penalizing the employers who hire the illegal work force. And for the Native Americans, y'all got your revenge about the same time the Europeans got here....it's called tobacco, and it's been killing whites, native americans, and members of the rest of the world populace for generations....

to steve wrote on May 24, 2008 9:47 PM:You poor baby. How many Natives are forcing those cigarettes into your mouths?
As for BLUNDERBUSS, it has everything to do with the Natives.You are all products of illegal aliens from Europe.You are all invaders in a foreign land. You are all foreigners, nothing more. Come down from your clouds.We are the Natives, you are the pilgrims,immigrants,thieves in our home.Karma! Thank god for karma!

Gerry wrote on May 24, 2008 10:32 PM:And did you natives just sprout up from the ground, or did you too come from another place?
Karma- be careful what you are assuming.

Jon wrote on May 25, 2008 7:09 AM:Its a start,Keep up the pressure.

Democrat Robert wrote on May 25, 2008 7:37 AM:thank you ICE, keep up the good work .. and now im off to lead support to Rep Hunter and Bilbray for their pitbull stance on this invasion!!

I personally know five wrote on May 25, 2008 11:38 AM:illegal aliens that had their day in court and were deported. They have all since re-enter America and go right back to the same neighborhood they once lived in. When I call the police, they say sorry Federal matter, when I call ICE, yeah when we get around to it. So what gather I am being told by law enforcement is if I see an office shot and can get a description of the shooter and license plate, it is just better to go home and turn on the news and see if anybody reported the shooting. After all if I reported an officer down, I could be there all night trying to find the right agency to report the crime.

To Lessons of life... wrote on May 25, 2008 12:36 PM:yes, we have all heard the stories of how our fore fathers stole your land, kicked you out....Please for a moment keep in mind that before all these casino's were built (taxpayers help) welfare checks were being cut by the thousands to help the Native american survive. Also, it is American's fighting the war overseas, not mexicans American's or Native Americans or Irish Americans.....Americans. If you don't want to be singled out, then stop writing stupid blogs like that. Pitty gets you no where

whats that wrote on May 25, 2008 1:54 PM:....the world's smallest violin playing "my heart bleeds for you". I don't feel sorry for people who break into this country and take our jobs, our id's, our medical benefits, our social benefits (note, the kid was in school using school counselors on OUR tax dollar. STAY HOME!

SDMM wrote on May 25, 2008 2:15 PM:ICE are the new unsung heroes in America! While our troops fight for our country, ICE, BP and local grass roots anti-illegal immigration groups fight for our national sovereignty. Call ICE and thank them for their service to America. 619-744-4800
Comprehensive Immigration ENFORCEMENT does work. No Amnesty for people who break the law!

To ICE wrote on May 25, 2008 4:55 PM:Spend more time in Fallbrook..... Please!

John wrote on May 25, 2008 5:48 PM:Can you PLEASE take the Minutemen away too?

Cal wrote on May 25, 2008 5:52 PM:Back when we had a frontier, everyone who didn't like things the way they were could move west. Now we are all stuck here in one country and some folks have really got an attitude and don't want to get along. They want to fight wars in the middle east, buy Chinese junk at Walmart and deport the work force that feeds them.

Marching Marine wrote on May 25, 2008 6:00 PM:We who were fortunate to either have been born here or naturalized know the true meaning of the worth of this country, others have been brainwashed into believing that the are "ENTITLED" to the same. The U.S. is not a lifeboat for the rest of the world, lifeboats can sink too when overloaded! The illegals do have homes "IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY" but you won't see them pointing the finger where it belongs at the CORRUPT MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. Mr. Rios writes about communities being disintegrated and I agree, Mr. Rios, open your eyes because it's "OUR COMMUNITIES" that are being disintegrated by the illegals!!

Nononsense wrote on May 25, 2008 6:08 PM:To Bad ICE: And who was here before your ancestors?? Huh! Oh, you're going to try to convince us that you descend from the pair of original people to step on the North American continent. Sorry, not buying it. Anyone here ILLEGALLY should be shown the door and booted through it!

Sleeping but Awake wrote on May 25, 2008 6:51 PM:Why are people arrested and trailed with a deportation order and then not deported. Seems that if someone needs to leave we should get them out and stop wasting additional resources chasing them dow. If they come back and are caught they need to go to Prison for a considerable amount of time and then deported. But, round up law abiding illegals, makes not sense. let them be if they are following the laws, and yes coming here is illegal and breaking a law but I choose to not consider that a jailable or deportable offense, too many folks, good folks with families. Racisism in these comments remains a sad and awful statement of who we are.

Roberto wrote on May 25, 2008 7:50 PM:Don't bother Cal, You will only confuse the Xenophobes.

to Roberto Xeno wrote on May 26, 2008 1:26 PM:Learn a new word to insult us, your getting too predictable and boring.

Bob wrote on May 26, 2008 2:01 PM:Yeah good point John, because when we no longer need the minutemen we will no longer have illegal aliens invading our country.
Roberto did you come up with that all by yourself or did you copy and paste one of your other droll posts, so brilliant.
Oh and Cal they are not the force that feeds us, they are the force that is taking food AWAY from legal American families.