This was on the friggin' front page!!!!

[Rufus Rhastus J]

I can't believe these vermin had the nerve to protest about thier sorry butts! They are criminals! And where was homeland security/immagration? Sitting on thier useless no-good rumps watching the TV when they should have been rounding up these pieces of shizzit and deporting thier butts! they are not good for America or the workers of America...rather, i say, they are a large part of the problem! Just read this article. I'm about to burst an artery! I think it's long past time for someone, anyone, to do something meaningfull about this infestation of scum from third world mexico! It is a crime and it should be treated as just that!

e Aren't Terrorists,' Protesters Proclaim
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Protesters line Dale Mabry Boulevard near Columbus, voicing their opposition to a measure that would allow local police to act as immigration officers.

JAY NOLAN / Tribune


By JOSe PATI?O GIRONA and CHRIS ECHEGARAY The Tampa Tribune


TAMPA - Idania Hernandez said she has been in the United States six years, the past three working construction in Tampa.

A native of Mexico, Hernandez, 27, said she is an undocumented worker. That didn't stop her from making her voice heard Wednesday as she joined about 300 people at Dale Mabry Highway and Columbus Drive to protest a federal immigration bill.

"We are here to work," said Hernandez, of Clearwater. "We aren't terrorists; we are workers.

"Everyone knows that if they got rid of all illegals, this country wouldn't have any economic prosperity," she said.

Among protesters' signs: "We are not different. We are just like you."

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the immigration reform bill, HR 4437, in December. The bill is in the U.S. Senate, where it may be revised.

It is being touted as an illegal immigration and antiterrorism measure and, among other things, would require employers to verify an employee's legal status.

With an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country and the threat of terrorism, lawmakers are seeking to tighten the borders.

Day laborers and construction and farmworkers statewide demonstrated Wednesday against immigration reform measures.

The protests, dubbed A Day Without an Immigrant, began this month in Northeast states and have been staged in cities with large immigrant populations.

At a rally in Dade City, farmworker advocate Margarita Romo said employers should help defeat the bill because farmers, growers, landscape nursery owners, construction companies and hotels benefit from migrant labor.

"We need some of those guys to have enough gumption to say, 'We're with you. We need you,'" she said.

Abel Castrejon Jr., who helped organize the Tampa protest, said opponents think the bill would allow local law enforcement agencies to request immigration documentation during traffic stops.

Undocumented individuals could be subject to arrest and deportation, he said, and the law would lead to racial profiling.

"All the police officers are going to become immigration officials," said Castrejon, who said he was born in the United States of Mexican descent.

State and local law enforcement are empowered to help federal agencies rein in illegal immigration, said John Keeley, spokesman for the Center for Immigration Studies. The Washington-based conservative think tank favors tighter border controls.

"They are trained and are most familiar with what's going on on their beats," Keeley said.

Ezequiel Taque, a Tampa protester, said he came to the United States from Guatemala as a child, graduating from Leto High School in 2003.

Taque, 22, said he is undocumented but works as a bartender and waiter.

"We do the jobs no one wants," he said. "We do the jobs out of necessity.

"In our respective countries, they say this is the country of dreams," Taque said. "When you arrive, it becomes the country of nightmares."



Oh, my heart bleeds for you. Thank your luckey stars it's not me you must answer to. If it's such a friggin' nightmare than go home and bend some tacos you piece of crap! I'm so sick of this bull! Am i the only person who sees them for what they really are? They are criminals! What is it gona take to get others to see this? Is the whole of America so liberal they actually feel sorry for these criminals? Crap like this makes me insanely angry!:full:

[iflylow74]

If its such a country of nightmares; GO YOUR A** HOME!!!!!!!!!!

[Rufus Rhastus J]

i should never post this stuff when i'm angry. But, this just frosts my bottom. and, you know what? You're absolutly right. If they are so miserable here, just return home. We'll all be better of, is my guess.

[N2914J]

Would they tolerate this shitt in Mexico, or Columbia, or Panama if they were caught? I don't think so. Instead we just drive them back to the border, to let them have another wack at a crossing the "border"? The problem is, she had a point. Without them, California and such would not continue to prosper. But hey, what can ya do?

How come Mexico doesn't have any Olympic Teams? All the ones that can run, jump, or swim are here in the U.S.

[dhermesc]

"Among protesters' signs: "We are not different. We are just like you.""


Except I'm not in this country illegally.

[Bull Barrel]

And when they have consumed all the entitlements and bancrupted our system--then they'll leave, until then it's a fiesta....and we're footing the bill...

[SPOCAHP ANAR]

Rufus Bush could implement anopther one of his programs to deal with Illegal Immigration.

AMNESTY DAY 3!

[WetKnife]

What I don't get is the love we show these people ? I don't understand how some Americans are pro-Illegals , anti-Capitol Punishment , pro-Abortion , and anti-military. If you fit into this group you are broken and need to see God inregards to getting a soul , u suck.

[7mmag6]

Watching You Wetknife

[Rufus Rhastus J]

the part that made me so angry, aside from the obvious, was that the immagration folks did nothing. these were undocumented folks taking advantahe of a right they do not deserve because of thier criminal status! of course, the media was there as was a taco truck I'm told makeing the whole thing a media feeding frenzy. had they started rounding them up and prepareing them for return to mexico, i'd have felt better. it seemed, since i was so angry, that immagration supported this spectical through thier inaction! I guess i'm just so bitter now, because of my problems with immagration, that immmagration can do nothing right...no matter what they do. However, all that aside, i think they should have done something positive....like rounding them all up and shipping them home!