[SheLion]

Ahmed said some patrons eating lunch in the Somali market bolted out the back door - not because they were undocumented, but because they were scared to death.

Scared? Those of us that have been following the influx of Somali's in Maine can be very suspicious.

If I was legally in the U.S., with all the proper papers.......I would have no reason to run from the authorities, right?

Or am I wrong?

[SheLion]

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Somali's bolted out the door? Why? If you're legally here, there is no need to run.

Also, why does the border patrol need to travel 2,000 miles to arrest ten people?

They could capture and deport trainloads of people every day at the southern border.

[risk]

Is this evidence that things are finally turning around, and that despite decades of poor enforcement and amnesties for illegals, we are now going back to the rule of law?

[SouthernFreebird]

Does that mean those agents from up North who never bother the illagals are now watching our Southern borders? God help us...


And no having my ID checked is not cause for alarm.. I get asked to see my ID frequently thru out the day. But then I'm not an illegal criminal.

[cyborg]

police state... I'm just waiting for them to try this in Brooklyn with the illegal Russian Jews and out east with all the illegal irish workers,etc. I could be sitting in a McDonald's eating my food and some jarhead could demand my ID? The eroding of freedom continues.

[kittymyrib]

I had no idea that Maine grew all that cheap lettuce...because that's what all those illegal aliens do, right?

[yankeedame]

"...learn to say "Yes, sir" and "No, sir" to anyone in a black uniform and boots. And oh yes, try not to look suspicious."

Imagines of the gestapo leap to mind. Well, so much for the writer's objectivity.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

The point is that this is not the Soviet Union. If some s.o.b. walked up to me and asked me out of the clear blue for my papers, I'd tell him to go straight to hell. If we want to cut back on the problem, we need to stop giving social services to illegals. We can also go to job sites and ask the owners for documentation for each employee (i.e. ss#).

[facedown]

At the same time, they left Portland's hard-won reputation as an immigrant-friendly city in tatters.

A bad thing?

[facedown]

14 health fair because, director John Connors explained, "I'm not going to put up posters telling these guys we're going to have a bunch of minorities and immigrants showing up at a particular time and place."

Yeah, that'd be too easy.

[Diogenesis]

You're right.

Nice map.

[surrey]

My son and his new wife live in Portland. You might say that he's not polically correct. Every time he see Somalis on the street he mutters"Black Hawk Down". His wife who is a graduate of Harvard,need I say more,(We adore her)is mortified.

[dennisw]

Either you're legal or illegal. Deport the illegals.

[eno_]

The problem is half-measures:

JBTs in balck BDUs blundering around, catching TEN people at incredible cost, and making fools of themselves.

Still no ability to STOP these people at the border.

So, if you want to sweep out illegal immigrants, suspend the Constitution for a limited time, make everyone show proof of citizenship or a valid visa, and be done with it, so we can have our rights back.

Otherwise you have a situation where the expense is infinite, everyone's rights are diminished, and TEN FREAKIN' PEOPLE get busted, which is NOTHING.

[swampfox98]

People are really afraid."

Bull Crap they're afraid. Our government has made it clear to every illegal person across America that he is here for life. What a bull crock statement.

[MissAmericanPie]

"My business is down 80 percent since Saturday," lamented Juan Gonzalez, owner of La Bodega Latina Grocery Store on Congress Street. "Customers call me on the phone saying, 'Is it clear? Can we come down?' People are really afraid."

Cry me a river.

[csvset]

Wouldn't the Somalian bums be happier in Canada? Does American welfare pay better than Candian welfare?

[petercooper]

go back to somalia

[metoooo]

whats wrong with enforcing the laws of the land and maintaining the nation's security...

[sweetliberty]

Are we supposed to feel bad that the poor illegals are being harassed by the nasty ol' border patrol instead of being given a wink and a free pass?