[Dane]

since you oh-so-sanctimoniously seem to believe that most of the illegal Joses here are hard-working toilet scrubbers and not the assorted criminal lowlifes and welfare spongers that I have seen with my own eyes.

I am not saying that. Any group of people is going to have criminals and welfare spongers, but not all of them are going to be, and you shouldn't try to characterize all illegals as such(yes I know they broke the law going over the border in the first place). I have worked along with hispanics in the hotel industry, the vast majority were hard working, good people. No I didn't hire them, I was not in management, and I had no idea if they were legal or not.

I just get a little bit miffed when I see rants on FR basically stating that all hispanics are bad, under the cover of illegal alien.

[HiJinx]

I just get a little bit miffed when I see rants on FR basically stating that all hispanics are bad, under the cover of illegal alien.

So do I. Not all Mexicans are bad...I hope to God they aren't, my new granddaughter is a quarter Mexican and a quarter Spanish. However, not all illegals are Mexican, to wit:

This diary was found on an immigrant smuggling trail, where it was lost by its young Iranian owner.

[jimt]

I just get a little bit miffed when I see rants on FR basically stating that all hispanics are bad, under the cover of illegal alien.

Such a viewpoint would be very stupid. But that the vast majority of illegals ARE hispanic, and more particularly Mexican, must be dealt with.

Regardless of ethnicity, a group of non-english speaking uneducated poor folks who come here "yearning to eat free" is not what we need. If we eliminate ALL forms of welfare for illegal AND legal immigrants, we'll get the kind of folks America does need.