"I do my own research.. "

Googling ' f'ing illegal mexicans' and taking the bias results (most likely written by people like you with no journalistic research or actual reports to back them up) doesn't really count as 'research'. Having recently imported a WHITE canadian I can attest that the borders and those guarding them are more stringent and random than ever. I only mention her race/color as a testament that if we're suffering from bias and aggression at the border I can only imagine for others.

Mexican immigration has slowed dramatically in recent months/years due to a strengthening economy on their side, and increased border patrols and presence on ours. I will grant you that it seems easier to take the ILLEGAL route, as since they are not on the books and overlooked THEY don't get harassed at random like my wife does. Beyond that, i'm sorry but white trash and the other options here would rather go on unemployment than do manual labor more often than not, and that's manual labor at a DECENT wage. People talk about how much of a drain these immigrants are on the economy, well when I got laid off and went to UI orientation all I saw were 30-50 year old white males, as illegals cannot even get such help.

And last, nobodys going to pay $3 for a bag of american fruit when they can get the same type imported from Brazil for $1, but they do pay $1.50 for an american equivalent that was available due to cheaper local labor. Oh, and did you hear about the...well it was more of a stunt than a real thing, but the results were the same. They offered good field jobs to legal citizens with paid lodging and food and all that, with tens of thousands of seats available. Only 9 people seriously inquired to take them up on it. I don't remember the name of the article but it was a few years ago. Again there is a reason, most people don't want to do that kind of work, and especially this new generation of pansy's. It's only going to get worse from here out when they dominate the work force.

What the hell. How is it profiling or bias to imprison someone for something blatantly illegal? There shouldn't even be a 'detention area', there should just be a bus that leaves on schedule across the border (or plane rides for other countries). I know we wouldn't receive the same leniency in many other countries.

On the one hand I agree with the posters that lawyers saying $125 a year is a laugh.

On the OTHER hand I applaud them for putting the smack down on unnecessary spending. From what is stated in here and what I've read, the Bar is for certification and policing, that's it. Not providing free legal support to the poor or whatever other philanthropic ventures they are dabbling in.

I wish we as a people could do this to our govt, but they would keep all the bloat and just cut essential services like schools, police, and fire.

What these shock jocks (both sides) seem to forget is the 1st Amendment doesn't protect you from looking like a jackass.

A twisting nether of unfathomable amounts of energy. Apparently that little tornado is the size of our entire globe...crazy!

I was about to say something along those lines, glad the guy in the Toyota didn't get creamed. Nothing worse than innocent lives lost due to negligence and recklessness.

Well...I mean, I honestly don't know many women PERSONALLY that can do much more than plug in a USB device. I know they're out there though, lol.

Most things like this can be easily absorbed if you think about it in scale. I always say that if they invented a cheap adaptation to the internal combustion engine that doubled its effiiciency, gas prices would double the same day. Oil companies will not just say "Oh, well then there goes half our profit." Same goes with the gov't. Imagine if ALL cars were electric tomorrow, there wouldn't be jack all coming in for road taxes, as most of that money does come from the tax on gas. Yes we pay many other taxes but SO much comes from gas.

I too would have said the same thing as you, but when you look at the extreme you can see why they're doing it.

And to all these arm chair poloticians, it doesn't matter who's in office they're all crooks. Really your only choice is, do I want to get robbed to help the needy (ie: those who don't do for themselves and live off my sweat) or do I want to get robbed to help the rich friends of those in office. Either way I'm getting robbed with nothing to show for it. I have to pay to go to parks that I already pay taxes for. I have to pay via levies for schools that I already have to pay taxes for, and now I have to pay to drive across a floating bridge that I already pay some of the highest taxes/fuel tax/etc in the COUNTRY for.

And extremism has done wonders for ours and others societies.

Exactly, there is always someone willing to do/supply what is needed for the government at 1/2 the price they pay for it. Put some accountants in charge for a while, clean things up quicklike.