well before any racist do it wrote on Sep 3, 2008 11:28 PM:i am going to beat them to it and show how dumb and old it is. ready (oh is that a latino name? send him back to mexico, build the wall raid everyones house get them out} there i said it for u move on lolol jk go ahead and bash him i dont mind because im here for good. enjoy.

border policy failure wrote on Sep 4, 2008 5:18 AM:The GAO released a report on a study of 55,322 illegal aliens incarcerated in federal, state, and local facilities during 2003. It found of the 55,322 illegal aliens criminals they were arrested a total of 459,614 times, averaging about 8 arrests per illegal alien.
Close the border.

Now that Obama wrote on Sep 4, 2008 6:50 AM:is toast, write to McCain and Party and demand the border be closed and ALL illegal aliens be forcibly removed from American soil. How is that "well before any racist do it" The American citizen has gone beyond mad, we demand the removal of all illegal aliens and their children.

Real Citizen wrote on Sep 4, 2008 7:30 AM:Is this the jobs that no one else will do?

Artsyrat wrote on Sep 4, 2008 7:31 AM:Am I predjudice? Yes, I am....against criminals. Am I racist? No, I am not racist against people because of their skin color or country they come from.

Illegal aliens are breaking the law just by the fact that they are here illegally. Illegal aliens who are criminals at heart are making it even worse for those who are just here trying for a better life. Close the border and make the way in safer and legal for the good folks to come here but harder if not impossible for the ciminals to come here.

Concerned wrote on Sep 4, 2008 7:46 AM:Illegal aliens come from all countries, not just from Mexico as the activists would like us to believe. We need to secure the border and then develop a system (that works) to allow controlled immigration into the United States. Washington should take a look at how Australia does it.

TO CONCERNED wrote on Sep 4, 2008 8:10 AM:The overwhelming percentage of illegals are from Mexico. Washington took a look at Australia and should avoid how Australia tops U.S. in violent crime at all costs.

yes concerned wrote on Sep 4, 2008 8:10 AM:exactly ! Why is America the country that allows this and then goes on and on about terrorism ? Ya can't have it both ways!

esteban wrote on Sep 4, 2008 8:24 AM:Good job BP...to bad he gave up peacefully. ... Don't waste your time trying to get Jillings or Flores to respond. I've tried. NCT won't ask them on thiings like this. Also, even if McCain were to win, he would still leave the borders open.

To Esteban wrote on Sep 4, 2008 8:31 AM:I would rather take my chances that McCain might do something about the border that to have it wide open with Obama.

Kevin wrote on Sep 4, 2008 8:43 AM:they all just want to come into this country and wooooorrrrkkkk.

Paco wrote on Sep 4, 2008 8:43 AM:One down, 12,542 to go.

esteban the provocatuer wrote on Sep 4, 2008 8:48 AM:Why does it matter if he gave up peacefully, Border Patrol agents are known for being agressive and using lethal force. That is why two rogue border patrol agents Ramos and Compean are sitting in prison today. They got caught breaking the laws they vowed to protect. There must have been to many witnesses when this guy was arrested hence he is still alive. You seem to be obsessed with Jillings and Flores! Perhaps you should get some help for that problem. Jillings nor Flores owe you or any one else a response to your ridiculous allegations or inuendoes. I don't blame them for not responding to this blog, why should they waste their time explaning themselves or their position to a bunch of anonymous bloggers?

Concerned American wrote on Sep 4, 2008 8:54 AM:Citizens are now reporting houses and apartments with multiple families living there to ICE and local police as possible safe houses for Illegal Aliens and coyotes, especially when you have cars coming and going all night. North County Residents do your duty if you suspected safe houses in your neighborhood call the authorities immediately.

Even more concerned wrote on Sep 4, 2008 9:42 AM:Is Concerned referring to the giant moat that Australia built around the country? I don't know if that will work here. The Army Corps of engineers even had problems with the levees in New Orleans.

nohar wrote on Sep 4, 2008 11:43 AM:I think no one understands what its like to be an illegal immigrant if you were or arent one. Some illegal immigrants come here to better there lives and some dont choose to come here because theyre brought since they were small and were raised here like my self. Some american people treat my like crap just because i look and im proud to be mexican and assume that i dont speak english when im actually trilingual and speak fluent spanish and french and have a college degree and was an illegal immigrant. I think theres still people that are racist and prejudice like some people who left comments in this page. People like to speak but dnt like to suffer the consequences when they get what they ask. If all the illegal immigrants leave who is going to pick the crops, cook your food, clean your houses, and everything else that an american person will never do in there lives and if they were to do it, wouldnt last a day. I just think people need to watch what they say and wish for because they might get too much of what they bargain for.

BIG HAMMER wrote on Sep 4, 2008 11:57 AM:If Obama get's into office we will need a BIG hammer "signed petitions" to pound on him to close the border.
If McCain gets in the hammer will be a bit smaller, but we will still have to hound him into doing what is right.
Both are complete morons to think these illegal's will benefit the country.

Nohar wrote on Sep 4, 2008 12:16 PM:Is your French and Spanish spelling and grammar just as defective as English?

Kelly wrote on Sep 4, 2008 12:20 PM:This guy is the is the exception, not the rule. Most immigrants come here for a better life it is to bad that this one person will cast a dark cloud over all Latino immigrants. I know we are all too smart to fall into that trap!!

To nohar wrote on Sep 4, 2008 12:36 PM:You did not get your (or the taxpayers) money's worth at college. Or else you did not apply yourself.

To be bilingual means to have EQUAL proficiency in two languages. To be trilingual means equal proficiency in three. Pick one language, and stick with it, as your English is atrocious.

Your "logic" is also flawed. What did the American people do before the Tsunami of illegal aliens flooded the United States? Do not make the mistake of placing too much importance on the social and economical significance of illegal aliens, as most of it is of negative consequence.

You said: "I just think people need to watch what they say and wish for because they might get too much of what they bargain for."

This saying is actually rendered "Be careful of what you wish for, you may get more than you bargained for."

The implication of such a statement is that the results wished for will not be as pleasant as one had originally hoped for. Be careful of what YOU say, because I can assure you the majority of of American citizens are fed up to the gills with the issue of illegal immigration, and the negative repercussions it has had on our country. They are fed up with illegal aliens, and they are fed up with the elected officials who turn blind eyes and deaf ears to the complaints of their constituents bring to them regarding illegal immigration.

America was founded as a country because of individuals being tired of government which ignores the will of the people. Given our history, what makes you think the American people will allow this to occur again for a sustained period of time--- especially with a topic as far reaching and negative as illegal immigration?

You are sadly mistaken if you think most Americans are content with the current state of things.

Just now wrote on Sep 4, 2008 1:00 PM:Colorado? Even Dems against Illegals, Sweet! DENVER, Colo.— While members of the Democratic Party are gathered in the Pepsi Center to support Senator Barack Obama as the party’s nominee in the presidential campaign, Mexicans working just seven miles away, on Federal Boulevard, are living a very different reality. Luis Carlos Ruiz, owner of the auto shop Transmissions Ruiz, says that even though he is leaning toward Obama because of his position on immigration, Denver’s immigrant community has been greatly affected by local ordinances that attack the undocumented.
“Now, if you’re driving without a license, they’ll take your car and you have no way of getting it back without papers,” says Ruiz.
Sergio Carvajal has lived in Denver for 10 years. He likes the city but says the community has felt the effects of the convention and the large police presence.“People are intimidated. We’re not used to seeing so many police on the street,” says Carvajal,“especially now with the problem of undocumented and driver’s licenses.” On Aug. 12 Denver county passed an ordinance that allows authorities to confiscate a car if the driver doesn’t have a driver’s license, or if authorities suspect that he or she is undocumented. David Broadwell, an attorney for the city of Denver, says the policy to tow a car if the driver doesn’t have a license is an old ordinance. What’s new is the clause that allows authorities to confiscate the car based on the suspicion that the driver is in the country illegally.“This is a law in Denver. However, it’s under legal review to figure out how to implement it. We have not given the city permission to implement it,” says Broadwell.
Until yesterday (Wed.), the immigration issue hadn’t even been mentioned at the Democratic National Convention, even though in the six counties surrounding Denver (Boulder, Broomfield, Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson), there are 561,801 Hispanics. This represents 21 percent of the population of the Denver metropolitan area, according to a study conducted by Corona Research for the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
For residents and workers along the 30 blocks of Federal Boulevard, driving to the convention is simply not an option.“Imagine, they only approved this (ordinance) a month ago, and now with all the police, we can’t even go downtown,” says a flea market vendor who spoke on condition of anonymity. But she says she likes Obama because she sees in him hope for her own immigration situation.

To Nohar wrote on Sep 4, 2008 1:02 PM:Did you just come to America? Where were you on May 1st, when the Illegals protested a day without Illegals? It was awesome, best day we ever had!

to nohar wrote on Sep 4, 2008 1:08 PM:I think most of us are talking about illegals that commit crimes. They really should be sent back to Mexico to
serve out their sentences, that way we Americans can stop paying for them to be fed and housed in our prisons. That would to with any illegal immigrant that commits a crime in our country, not just Mexicans.

Some peole live in wrote on Sep 4, 2008 1:42 PM:another world. All Illegal Aliens need to be deported, ALL! What you just want to arrest jay walkers who have prior tickets only? Ignore current jay walkers? Sneaking across the border into America is against the law, not just for convicted criminals but everyone.

Nohar- yeah right wrote on Sep 4, 2008 2:45 PM:I was born here and am close to 50 years old. I have never had what you wrote of..., "clean your house, cook your food, wash your car...blah blah.." so just stop ok. Who do you think you are? We all know there's only a small % who work the crops. That has not changed since I was a kid. Those are called " migrant workers."

toNohar wrote on Sep 4, 2008 3:06 PM:• There is some direct evidence that immigration has harmed less-educated natives; states with the largest increase in immigrants also saw larger declines in natives working; and in occupational categories that received the most new immigrants, native unemployment averages 10 percent.

• While most natives are more educated, and don’t face competition from less-educated immigrants, detailed analysis of 473 separate occupations shows that 17 million less-educated adult natives work in occupations with a high concentrations of immigrants.

• Some of the occupations most impacted by immigration include maids, construction laborers, dishwashers, janitors, painters, cabbies, grounds keepers, and meat/poultry workers. The overwhelming majority of workers in these occupations are native-born.

What is clear is that the last five years have seen a record level of immigration. At the same time, the unemployment rate of less-educated natives has remained high and the share that have left the labor force altogether has grown significantly. Wage growth has also generally been weak.

Thus it is very hard to see any evidence of a labor shortage that could justify allowing illegal aliens to stay or to admit more as guestworkers. Rather, the available evidence suggests that immigration may be adversely impacting less-educated natives.

The statistical findings of this study are consistent with other research that has looked at the pattern of immigrant job gains and native loses in recent years.

Good for BP wrote on Sep 4, 2008 4:57 PM:Good for the Border Patrol for arresting this guy who has been one of the 10 MOST WANTED in San Diego County for some time. Now if the other 9 can be found and arrested, we will all benefit. The county sheriff's web site shows the details.

Grump wrote on Sep 4, 2008 7:59 PM:We are screwed no matter who wins the election, McCain is for amnesty and Obama for open boarders, and the Governor of Alaska had made that state a safe haven for illegals.

Did you know wrote on Sep 4, 2008 9:53 PM:That there are 12 million illegal imigrants in the U.S.A. Half "jumped the fence," but the other half came here legally, via a work or school visa, and never left after the visa expired.

now i know wrote on Sep 4, 2008 11:38 PM:you know im happy to be alive and i will take advantage of that by living every day to the fullest and taking care of my little girls till they grow and i can die in pease. i know the world is becoming a place that we can consider hell but i dont think its cause of illegal immigrants. there are many issues that are the primary cause for many different crimes in this world full of hate. and sorry to tell you but you all are wasting your time. im not gonna try to insult you for being a so cal racist but i will tell you that you arent any better than one of those illegal immigrants that you hate so much. the crimes and murders assaults are never and i mean never gonna end and thats why i gave up on changing the world because the man who is so cal doing that is only doing the oppisite for his benefits. the main concern is taking care of my family from all the crimes and bad people. when i go out i never get distracted from someone that i know is up to no good. so all you could keep wasting your time and continue to live your life with hate till the day u die. because thats the only thing thats guaranteed in life is death and the choices one makes are the differences of how fast it knock at your door. god bless you all i wish the nothing but the best for each and every one of you even if you dont for me and think that im a joke but im a happy joke. thank u

What a shame... wrote on Sep 5, 2008 6:19 AM:that we need "migrant workers" to do our work for us. If we and our children did more work we wouldn't need migrant workers.Embarrassing really.If you aren't doing more work, than you shouldn't complain about the illegals.It's your fault for facilitating their entering into this country.Untill then shut up and work!!

Roberto wrote on Sep 5, 2008 1:22 PM:Xenphobes...need any more proof? And some wonder why I keep pounding them and their ilk.... who should either be working or sleeping from atending night school so they won't have to compete with illegals for a job.

THE SON OF WHO WAS ONCE A ILLGEAL. wrote on Sep 6, 2008 3:51 AM:I THINK THAT MOST OF YOU PEOPLE ARE JUST NARROW MINDED. YES MY MOTHER WAS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN. SHE WORKED HER SOUL OF FOR THIS COUNTRY. SHE LOVES THINS COUNTRY AS MUCH AS I DO. AND IF WE DONE WAT " NOW THAT OBAMA" SAID TO REMOVE ALL ILLEGAL IMMAGRANT AND THERE SON. THINK THAT IS JUST STUPID. BECAUSE OF ME SERVING THIS COUNTRY THAT GAVE SO MUCH AND I DO LOVE WITH MY HEART. I WOULD BE DOING WHO NOWS WHAT IN MEXICO.SO ...

TO THE SON OF WHO WAS ONCE AN ILLGEAL wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:44 PM:Did you miss the FREE education when you were growing up? Just one example of the uneducated we have to deal with.
Your mom was a law breaker, that is nothing to brag about.

Debbie wrote on Sep 6, 2008 2:11 PM:I can't believe what I'm reading here! It doesn't matter what race the individual is! It always seems to fall on a Hispanic. All you people make it as if crime is done just by Hispanics. All races are within the prison system,not just one. I'm sure you all have been to the other side of the border, do you not see how poor they are? That gives them reason to want to live a better life here in the States. I don't see no other race working the fields? Will it ever change nope, since the American man has so much pride!

DANA wrote on Sep 6, 2008 3:42 PM:LISTEN TO ALL OF YOU! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER AND THE WORDS THAT YOU ARE WRITING DOWN ARE VERY HURTFULL, HATEFUL, AND NOT THOUGHT THROUGH VERY WELL. I AM AN AMERICAN, OR SO I CALL MYSELF. MY GRAND-PARENTS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY FROM CZECH. MANY YEARS AGO. AMERICA WAS THE LAND OF THE FREE. PEOPLE CAME HERE TO START A NEW LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. BUT WHAT IS AN AMERICAN? WHO ACTUALLY WAS HERE FIRST. WASN'T COLUMBUS THE MAN FROM SPAIN SEARCHING FOR NEW LANDS WHEN HE CAME ACROSS AMERICA? BUT WHEN HE LANDED HERE IN AMERICA WASN'T THE INDIANS ALREADY HERE? SO IN REALITY AMERICA BELONGS TO THE INDIANS, DOESN'T IT? YOU KNOW THE INDIANS, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WHERE MADE TO GIVE UP THEIR HOME AND MOVE ONTO RESERVATIONS BY THE PEOPLE WHO CAME ACROSS THE SEAS LOOKING FOR A LAND THAT WAS FREE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. I AM SO0 SICK AND TIRED OF EVERYBODY THINKING THAT THEY ARE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. GOD MADE US ALL EQUAL. BUT SOME JUST ENDED UP WITH BIGGER HEADS AND SMALLER HEARTS

Roberto wrote on Sep 6, 2008 5:12 PM:Today Brigid Brett commentary made all the xenophobes post then scatter around like roaches when the light gets turned on in housing projects...This anti-mexican hysteria is a disease that is spreading and needs to be contained. 1.2 million barrels of oil from Mexico everyday and 1.3 million from Canada along with a common border, NAFTA and the fact that a bad drug habit in America feeds crime along with the illegal smugglers needs a joint solution. Its time to to call the phobies on their hidden racist agenda. Mexicans are not going away anytime soon, even the stupid one mexicans that cannot see what these xenophobes are up to need to become educated. Its time to de-escalate the hate caused because of illegal workers sneaking around working. The hatred won't stop once the visa's are accelerated to keep things legal but it will now have to happen soon to keep the economy functioning in spite of these xenophobic anarchist.

THE SON OF WHO WAS ONCE A ILLGEAL. wrote on Sep 7, 2008 4:27 AM:WELL WHOEVER RESPONDED TO MY COMMENT. THE EDUCATION WASN'T FREE YOU PAID FOR IT. YOUR MOM PAID FOR IT. SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT BUT IF YOU DONT LIKE IT GET OUT. BECAUSE IM ACTUALLY SERVING THIS COUNTRY OVERSEAS. WHAT HAVE YOU EVER DONE TO PRESERVE YOUR FREEDOM?

YOUR ALL IGNORANT wrote on Sep 8, 2008 10:45 AM:IT'S BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS IT!!. (FREE)..... FOOD,MEDICAL,WELFARE,ETC...... OPEN UP YOUR EYES AND MINDS. REMEMEBER 911 ?? THE ON GOING WAR ??? IT'S ALL ABOUT GREED AND WE(TAX PAYERS) ARE PAYING THE PRICE........

This here is the problem wrote on Sep 9, 2008 1:08 AM:Hate is the problem, greed is the problem, selfishness is the problem. people helping out people is history. talk all you want about this comment but you know its true and you cant lye to your conciense. for those of you who are stuck on the fact that illegals should be deported are gonna experience a mind oppening experience and then you will see. laugh talk you smack all the way untill you get smacked. you never know a daughter could fall for an illegal immigrant. many issues that are affecting the world today and all your finguers seem to point at the illegal immigrants. thats foolish and if you beleive that then your just as foolish and should be a clown the circus. im over this issue its a joke, good night.