it's "they" syndrome. you know you're a racist when you're talking about an entire color of people as "they".

the prominent advocates for cesar chavez boulevard (like tom potter) are all legal citizens of the united states of america.

I am so sick of people yelling "racist" when ever we refer to people being here in the United States ILLEGALLY! Get another argument to defend those criminals that you defend.

"yellow daisy" et al. People call you racist about your sentiments because you are racist. Let's face it, deep down you aren't envisioning hoards of undocumented British folks crossing into this country. You are just conveniently hiding behind the law to justify how you really feel about Mexican people. That doesn't make you a bad person however. Having a little fear of people that are different than you is pretty natural , it's also pretty natural to be a little scared of heightened competition in these uncertain economic times. My advice to you is come to terms with your biases, make an effort to really get to know some undocumented folks, and decide for yourself if the people you're talking with are really "criminals", or just ordinary people trying to achieve the same American dream that the rest of us feel entitled to.

Crossing the border without permission is illegal but so is jaywalking, tax fraud and offseason hunting, and I'm guessing none of these issues get you quite as incensed as the idea that THESE PEOPLE are coming to our fair country and doing whatever it is you think they're doing. And that, yellow daisy, is racist (or xenophobic if you want to go upscale). So you're going to have to come up with a better argument to defend yourself against the charge of racism.

Something needs to be done about our immigration policy because we do need Mexican labor, they need the work/money desperately, and yes, some bad apples come along with the crowd. If we had a REASONABLE immigration policy (like the one we have with Canada) we would have more control over the bad apples and we wouldn't need to waste money chasing down "illegal aliens."

And...it's not like Americans by dint of being Americans are dedicated to conformity to the law. Do you smoke pot? Do you go over the speed limit? Never double parked or overstayed your time in a parking spot? Do you do a little shaving on your taxes. Well, all that stuff is ILLEGAL.

If someone is here illegally to pick apples, strawberries, or zucchinis, I worry less about them than the guy who drives 40 MPH through a school zone.

Illegal immigration must be eliminated. We are in a recession. Millions of Americans are losing their homes and jobs. Gas and food are sky high and families struggle to exist. Illegal immigration drives wages down and drains resources meant for citizens. Why do we have immigration laws? To protect the citizens of the host country and our economy. Every country has immigration laws they enforce, the US is no different. The US allows over 2 million legal immigrants annually, more than any other nation. Another million illegal immigrants also immigrate here annually. Besides the fiscal impact, look at the problem with supporting this massive population. Competition for schools, drinking water, utilities, housing, hospitals, and jobs. What is the upside, cheap labor for businesses? If you are in business and your competition uses cheap illegal labor, how do you compete? Either you hire illegals or go out of business. As for guest worker programs, we already have 10 guest worker programs in the US. Agriculture guest workers are unlimited, they can hire as many as needed. The guest worker program they want is amnesty. Pass another amnesty and you'll have another 40 million illegal aliens here for sure. If you are here illegally, go home and come back legally or not at all. There is no argument that can justify illegal immigration.

GET A BRAIN, MORANS!

GO USA!

Ah, welcome to my world.

Jeremy Van Keuren
Public Advocate
Office of Mayor Potter

Stephen said it will without using CAPS. Defend the border to keep out criminals and drugs. Enforce the existing laws. Improve wages. Recapture the lost tax revenue to help pay down BushCo's debt. Fix the immigration laws. We need to address some facts: the US took a chunk of Mexico away. Mexicans have and will always be a major part of our society, as will the Spanish language. Get used to it.

The only Moran I know, Erin, appears to have a brain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Moran

It's my sincere belief that she loves USA just as much as Chachi.

Sippin,

I'm sure cotton was cheaper back when slaves were picking it., too.

Your point?

Sippin' -

I would love to agree with you except all the Organic Produce from Trader Joe's is CHEAP and from Mexico, picked by LEGAL Mexicans. Not that I recommend buying that crap, Organic doesn't = high quality.

I'm Mexican-American, dual citizenship + parents ilegally crossed the border for work. So much of the "globalization", privatization of natural and local recources, have totally crapped Latin America's land.

We could talk about the Brazilian forests that are quickly becoming extinct to make your new whatever.

Or we could talk about the shitty water (due to American factories built on Mexican side of border) that poor people drink (some people can't afford Vitamin Water everytime they get thirsty). Dozens of cases in Tijuana have sprung up where newborn babies are born brainless (mushy substance) because of the once ok now toxic water.

It was bad enough the Spaniards killed 95% of the Mexican population (24 million people) in less than 100 years for gold and to claim power. But I suppose since Mexicans don't have enough political or $ power those facts aren't laid out clearly in our minds.

It's not as if the Mexican immigrants are taking GOOD jobs, they are just doing what they can to get by it seems. $10/hour to remove rubblish clean construction sites? Go ahead racist, take your job back.