[Malesherbes]

Oh, no! Not another "chilling effect." At least we are protected by global warming.

[ridesthemiles]

Just what Los Angeles needs:

More "TOURISTS" from Mexico.

Sure they're tourists....SURE THEY ARE!!!! NOT

When you put lipstick on a pig- it is still a pig. He can call it anything he wants, but I don't remember much of an ad campaign for "tourists" from Mexico when I lived there for 29 years.

[Amerigomag]

.. and the son of a Mexican immigrant

Illegal aliens are now immigrants and anchor babies are now the son of a Mexican immigrant.

Webster can't produce new versions of the Lexicon of American English fast enough to keep up with the liberal press.

[P-40]

Improved business ties, he said, "will ultimately work to reduce the underlying economic factors that push people away from Mexico and toward the United States."

If it has not worked in all these years, why should it work now that the situation is much worse?

[VOA]

tourists, undocumented, "people concerned about their status"...

Anything but honestly calling them "illegals".

[kellynla]

oh sooooooo we're not calling the illegals "undocumented" any more...their "tourists!" ROFLMAO

ya know these clowns in public office missed their calling...
they should be in "stand up!"

[Blogatron]

Anxious to spend their hard-earned pesos on Napa Valley wine and Disneyland?

[garyhope]

Guess who doesn't care?

ME!!!

They can all go to Disneyland France!

Maybe they can go to the workers and health care paradises in Cuba and Venezuela.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Adios!

[gpapa]

Mexico sends more tourists to Los Angeles than any other country an estimated 1.5 million in 2005

Do all of these tourists come here with legal visas? And if they do have visas how many stay beyond the expiration date?

[Zeppo]

Let me guess... He is really concerned about the possibility that the presence of the Guard will put a crimp into drug trafficking, huh... What a joke...

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Tourism and trade crosses at border checkpoints.
Perhaps he's referring to the sex and drug trade.
Omigawd! This could drive up drug prices and give Libertarians DTs!!!

[dalereed]

I won't go to Mexico again and arming the border has nothing to do with it.

Everyone should boycot Mexico.

It's hard to boycot goods from Mexico, almost everything from auto parts to electronics and a thousand other items are labeled Hecho en Mexico, a lot of them necessary items.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Tough Sh*t! If the Mexicans won't come to LA, move LA to Mexico.

[ncountylee]

Mayor Antonio "there are no illegals here" Villaraigosa ignores the fact that over 60% of births in LA are to illegal aliens and 40% of LA's work force is off the books in cash.

[Jameison]

Hey is this Antonio Villaraigosa not the same guy who has been a rabid, radical LaRaza member of the notorious, Mexican racist LaRaza organization all his life?

[nmh]

Just shaking in my boots!

Mexicans don't come here as tourists not do they come here for trade.

How ridiculous!

[SeaBiscuit]

Where's the barf alert? ;-)

[Txsleuth]

This guy give me a chilling effect..he want to be POTUS one day...and take a big old eraser to that border.

[freedumb2003]

In this year, he has revealed his MECHisa stripes.

We call him "VilleaReconquista" here.

His political career is over. His pro-illegal stance will make sure he doesn't go beyond maybe California Legislative Senator (which is pretty meaningless).

Thank God.

[SealSeven]

Undocumented tourists.