[kearnyirish2]

“And I guess we should just ignore that 90%+ of the illegals are hispanic, mainly Mexican.”

Here in NJ it seems most of our “Hispanic” illegals are South American (Brazilian, Peruvian, Ecuadoran), while many others are Asians. Until a few years ago I’d never met a Mexican; they started showing up just as the demand for them was drying up (either the Americans started cutting their own grass, or the bank took the house from them anyway).

[Clemenza]

Freehold has had a large Mexican population since the 90s.

First started seeing the Mexicans in NYC around '94, with the peak influx being 94-01. Many of the folks you see in North Jersey were priced out of NYC.

BTW: My Brazilian wife takes umbrage at being called "Hispanic," and will sic her paisanos (same word) in Kearny on you. ;)