[David1]

I'm hispanic with immigrant parents. But this country needs to defend and control its borders. It needs a fence! This has nothing to do with being anti-latin. But it has everything to do with a nation's ability to control its sovereignty by having control of its borders.

E-mail Andres at: aoppenheimer@MiamiHerald.com

[Lunatic Fringe]

Anti-Latin? Playing the "race card" again!

I'd be just as pissed if 12 million Canucks jumped across the St Lawrence River, eh?

[longtermmemmory]

The miami herald has less credibility than USA today.

It is not a serious publication.

[holyscroller]

If they think the "Three Amigos" energized the Latinos, just wait until they see what happens when the general populace gets energized if the stupid Senate gives away the store!

[Shermy]

He starts with an ignorant zinger

Ends with a milquetoast plea to be recognized as, well, not ignorant.

Trouble mind there.

[RoadTest]

You slimy creep! Take your Communist propaganda and go to North Korea. Tell them you're moving in.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

"They were protesting the draconian Sensenbrenner-sponsored bill approved by the House of Representatives in December, which among other things calls for criminalizing undocumented migrants and building a 700-mile wall across the U.S.-Mexico border."

would someone 'splain this to me? I thought they were ALREADY CRIMINALS for crossing the border..

[DoughtyOne]

You know what, I feel nothing but empathy for Mexican citizens that remain in their nation and are thereby condemned to live a life less successful due to their government's policies. That still does not influence me to turn our nation into Mexico del Norte.

Trying to play this off as a dislike for latins, reveals an individual so out of touch with reality, that they disqualify themselves as a person with any wisdom to offer on this subject.

I respect law abiding Mexican nationals on their own soil. I even respect recently arrived Mexican nationals that followed the rules of our nation to come here. I cannot respect people who crash our nation in deference to our sovereignty.

Whether Mexican nationals, Guatamalans, Brazilians, El Salvadorians, Russians, Libyans, Israelis, French, the British or the citizens of any other nation, foreign nationals need to come here by following the guidelines that are prescribed by our nation's laws.

The color of their skin and the language they speak has NOTHING to do with it. I will provide one caviot on the last part of that sentence. We do not wish to relinquish English in vast regions of our nation due to a flood of new immigrants in numbers unable to assimilate.

[Caveman Lawyer]

But, as I explained in a Feb. 2 column, the only way to slow down the flow of migrants will be to start narrowing the income gap between the United States and Latin America, among other things through U.S. aid linked to growth-oriented economic policies in the region.

Unabashed extortion alert!!

[Rick_Michael]

I read that you're Cuban in your profile. Knowing what you know, you have much more insight than the average American. You know either through story or life what would/could happen if these borders aren't controlled. It's good to know were on the same side, as I think our pro-law stances are the most tolerant and respectable views. It's not the skin that makes us American, it's the reason/respect of our good side.

[dead]

It was as if a huge part of the U.S. population that until now had only existed as an abstract statistic had suddenly emerged from the shadows, to become an active part of American politics.

No, it was as if a huge part of the Mexican population suddenly emerged to let us know that they snuck into our country illegally and they have demands.

[joesnuffy]

Anti Hispanic?

Anti Latin?

Anti Immigrant?

I guess the poor ole Mongolians who crossed over the ice flow through Siberia and migrated down the Pacific coast line and then diffused throughout the continent just don't count enough genetically to even get third billing

Not even when the whole continent is claimed are they even mentioned as the reason for the claim...

imo

[azhenfud]

"Many of the marchers were not undocumented immigrants, but legal residents and U.S. citizens who are angry at the Sensenbrenner bill, and at the wave of Latin bashing that has filled the air waves over the past two years."

Totally speculative.

[Sister_T]

Without the ''three amigos'' of the anti-immigration cause, we would have never seen the unprecedented crowds of Hispanic protesters that filled the streets of more than 100 U.S. cities in recent days.

Pure garbage! The "unprecedented crowds" of ILLEGALS and their sympathizers was drummed up, largely because of anti-American scum like C.A.N.S.W.E.R. and other communist groups who will stop at nothing to destroy this country to fulfill their communist utopia!

[NapkinUser]

Keep up the rallies. All they're doing is backfiring.

500,000? I'm not impressed.

[Mike Darancette]

The size of this week's demonstrations stunned everybody.

It sure surprised many people who thought illegal immigration wasn't that much of a problem.

They can see the millions who think our laws are to be ignored.

[DumpsterDiver]

ping

[Clemenza]

Oh, yea Andres! I'm really sure all of those Mexicans are going to embrace AN ARGENTINEAN JEW as a "hermano."

[Clemenza]

Idiot journalist from Buenos Aires ping!

[stopem]

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/

Poll Tonight
Is It your Will to give amnesty to the illegals?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It ain't about "Hispanics."

It's about breaking the law.