Has anyone seen the INS raids on 6 US employers on the news?

I am sorry but you seem to be a bit harsh towards "those" people as you call them. Not all of "those" people are bad. My husband is Hispanic and so are my children so yes I am going to get offensive when you refer to them as "those" people. I know illegal immigration is a very bad problem today but do you know how hard it is for the Hispanics/Mexican people to become legalized? My husband had to wait 2 years to get his "green card" as they are called. Yet my new step-father who is Eygptian, only had to wait 6 months to get his. I don't like that a lot of Mexican/Hispanic turn to crime. It makes all Hispanics look bad! Somehow there has got to be a better, faster way to help them obtain their legalization. Also, I have lived in Mexico 1 1/2 years (1 year the first time, 6 months the next) and I have seen the living conditions. The lack of basic neccessities is enormous. A bag of diapers is a days pay, I'm completely serious! I am NOT condoning illegal entering into the U.S. by any means but I just want people to better understand why the Mexicans are coming here. They are a poor country in most places and are having a hard time surviving. Yes, a lot send the money back to Mexico. They want to help their families. Wouldn't YOU do anything to help YOUR family? I know I would!

My husband actually works at one of the plants that was raided today. Called to tell me he didn't know what time he would be getting home because the place was full of feds and they were shut down until they were done checking for illegals. We live in southwest minnesota and the plant where my husband works had never had any illegals there but The feds hadn't checked for a long time. I'm glad to because they take away the jobs that citzens could have.

I saw it on the news. They rounded up the illegals because they have been getting their social security numbers from people who are stealing identities throughout the US. The employers are saying it isn't their job to check the id's thoroughly. DAMN, then who's job is it? Illegals are the number one recipients of stolen identities now. The USA is going to turn into Mexico if we let it.............if WE let them.

They have to do something about this. You could see the difference in the neighborhoods once they start moving in,then complain when the neighborhood is crime ridden when they were the ones who did it! How many of our schools are over crowded now,all the free government programs,free housing,being able to open businesses and not pay taxes for the first 5 years! Then demand and get all these things without voting or speaking english! Time for everyone to join Grassfire and put a stop to all this!

They did that here to in IND ,but i felf sorry for the familys that were left behind.one lady was pregant when they took her husband ..an she had no ideal on what she was going to do.with no money comeing in .

Wow, I thought the INS stop doing this awhile back.

It's about time the government is doing something. Although I suspect it's only a token action to make things appear they are working. Force

Hopefully this will help clean up certain areas. I hope that it is not just a token act. I also wish they would do this where I live.

Yes, and if employers are smart enough they will not hire illegals for fear they will go to jail.

I didn't hear about it, but I think that it's great. Yes, it may take a while to get a green card or citizenship (I'm unaware of the requirements) but I do have 2 friends that are/were here on either a work or student visa. At the end of the term, they went back home. One has returned on a new visa and the other is reapplying. They are both good people who assimilate into the community and speak english fluently. And, they get here the right way. People seem to refuse to understand what the cost is for services that are provided to illegals, just in the medical field alone! I met someone in a billing capacity for a county facility and she said that it was around $30k per month. And that's just for ONE facility! I also know people who now have IRS problems or social security benefit problems due to stolen socials. It is WAY out of control and we can only pray that our government can do something about it. By the way, I refused to learn spanish in high school, and still have no plans to learn.

I haven't seen it but I am glad to hear they are doing something about it. They need to do more.

Sixteen restaurant employees at the Mall of America were arrested during aTuesday morning raid by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). All 16 were immigrants who lacked proper documentation, an INS official said Wednesday. Thirteen of the undocumented residents were cooks, dishwashers or food preparers at the California Cafe, an upscale restaurant in the mall. The other three were cooks at Johnny Rockets, a '50s-style diner. INS agents began working with businesses and officials at the mall earlier this year after a January shooting incident between two illegal workers  there.On a hunch, INS agents raided the restaurant Tuesday morning. Thirteen more California Cafe employees were unable to prove their identification and later were identified as illegal immigrants. During the raid, one employee had a Mexican voter's card that belonged to a cousin who worked at Johnny Rockets. That led to the three other arrests. Fourteen of the workers were Mexican nationals, Aljets said. The other two were Ecuadoran. All but three of them have been deported, several for the third and fourth time. The others face hearings before an INS judge. Zarth said some people had worked at the eatery for four years. He has since hired temporary workers to replace them.

Well, you had to get me started,didn't you?Fisrt,let me say my husband is Mexican,but LEGAL!After working two full time jobs a day, he came home to study English every night until he speak it well.But he is the exception.I wish the government would do the same here.While my husband is legal, he works with many that aren't,and their employers know it,yet do nothing about it!Most people think they work jobs that pay only little money,but what I've seen thats not true.Then they live 7 to12 people per house,making it unfit to live in again,drive new trucks,walk around with thousands in their pockets,and send most it back to Mexico.Where does that help our economy!?Their kids go to our schools,why? They don't learn English!Then they welfare,food stamps,and health care!I couldn't get state funded health when I a life threatening condition because I made 7.50 per hr.but I couldn't health insurance either.If I had been an illegal Mexican I could have gotten it!So,yeah,I have a big problem with it, my husband does,too.

I saw the same thing it's about time they start doing something about our problems here........Unless you have to deal with the problem people don't know how they are ruining our way of living and how they are turning nice neigbhoods into slums.....And the drain we have on welfare and our health care..........Not to forget to metion the laws they break by coming over here and stealing identy and your credit card information......

i have no idea about any of this, i wish you had told us a bit more!