Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border

[OutworldVMKX]

it's true, everyone in the u.s. has immigrant ancestors, white, black, brown, asian, hispanic, european, etc. If americans don't want to live with immigrants, then cry about, there here to stay and more are coming in, so quit complaining. We are all human after all.

[marioalosangeles]

so i see minutemen want "illegal" immigrants out of here. I doubt that would happen since there are millions already here, and more coming in, but ok...

what i DO NOT appreciate is the way they are treated here. Even i get my share of discriminatio. I am considered an anchor baby. America is what they make it. and to people it seems like a violent country, and they make it seem like Americans have no class..

[1stLtDavis]

The minutemen have no legal standing to interfere with actual immigration. Crawling over or under a fence is against the law. We have a hard enough time tracking legals that become violent criminals. Should an illegal become one, its 10 times harder to find them. In many instances they pay no social security, no Federal or State taxes. Just sales tax when they buy something. It is a safety issue and an economic drain. The government wastes BILLIONS on Iraq but wont spend a dime on the border.

[jesamani75]

we mexican citizens are just victims of an opressing system that has forced us to do this,we do not want to leave our families and homeland,but we have to do it,it is a matter of survival,some do it by stealing public money and resources like gold and oil,we do it by working were we can get paid enough to provide for our family,i bet you would do it to,if you had the need...

[christofersk8s]

how come these poor opresed people can only organize and rise up here and no back home

[HaggardtheGreat]

Stop raping the nation of Mexico and maybe their citizens will stop fleeing into the U.S.

[valcie76]

When you have immigrants raping your resources in your city, town or country and the natives of this country can not get help when they are homeless, THEN you will realize that we need strict policies to keep the illegals out!!! I am a white American Texan and I was homeless for 6 months with no help because I was NOT a minority immigrant. SCREW THAT!

[HaggardtheGreat]

I am sorry to hear that you were homeless,

but I am an American born Mexican that was also homeless and if you think my family received help because of our skin color then you are mistaken. We had to pick ourselves up by our bootstraps.

[quashman]

all americans are illegal immergrants. just look at your own history

[RodgeDogg]

What are human rights? What governing body has set up a collection of human rights? There are no "human rights". The Bill of Rights applies only to US Citizens.

[HaggardtheGreat]

So the only humans on Earth are Americans?

And yes, there is an international document for human rights.

It's called THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS!!!!

IT COMES IN EVERY LANGUAGE IMAGINABLE!

[norridge]

Would your rather our country be overrun with immigrants? if you want to help them so much, go to mexico and do it. we want to keep our country safe and prosperous and cannot do so if this flood of illegal and largely criminal aliens continues. You make me sick.

[quashman]

this country's already overrun with immergrants just look around . what white, black,asian or middle eastern people where indigenous to america. how do you think the Natives felt when all the undesirables flocked in from europe, plundering the resources killing them for walking on there own land . as I see it everyone in the country is an immergrant with the exception of the "NATIVE" Americans. get over it if it weren't for immergrants you wouldn't be here.

[DaCostaPT]

I don't believe in any kind of nation borders, no body have the rigth to tell me where I can or can not go! The planet isn't own by anyone, the planet is for everyone.

[centerrightpunk]

there is no human right to enter illegally into another country. the failed economic policy is in mexico, which drive its poor to emigrate.

[Cervantes8998]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 13

1.Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.

2.Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

[luno44]

I can't tell if this is pro-mexican immigration into the U.S. comment or not. An important word in part 1 is "within". It's not "into" or "out of".

An important point in part 2 is it says you can leave, not where you can go to.

[SplengeBlab]

Horrible editing.