Don't know all the particulars, and we may never, but word is that the 14-yr old was a known 'smuggler' (of what, I'm not sure) who crossed the border frequently, not just some kid innocently 'playing around' at the border.  Whether he was used by Mexican adults as a courier or in some other fashion (as is done in the Middle East routinely), is not clear.

Killing him was wrong.  Deadly force was not needed to defend against rocks thrown by teenagers.  We have a legitimate right to seal our border to prevent illegal immigration & this just makes it harder to convince people we have no hatred of Mexicans per se, just a desire to control our border.

I respect legal immigrants, especially Mexicans, who are consistently hard-working, honest contributors to a better quality of life, for themselves and those around them.  Many of them fled Mexico because of its rampant corruption, something they don't have to contend with here, and they are grateful and happy to be here.  Sadly, many of the illegal immigrants these days are victims of the coyote industry in Mexico and I feel very sorry for them.  We can't fix Mexico, however - only Calderon's government can do that and they either aren't interested or are outgunned or both.

That and some folks seem to think these "kids" are standing there wearing Garannimals, holding a Tonka toy. The don't have their age tattooed on their forehead. It was a 14 year old, that was a criminal and a thug, who wanted to take adult risks. Were is the "outrage" over his parental supervision?

I don't have an issue with legal immigration (my wife is still in the process 3+ years and thousands of dollars later). The people that came here legally need to ask themselves if they want the reason they left their homeland to follow them here. If they left to be safe or secure, because of corruption, overcrowding, employment.... what happens when here is just like the place they left? Move on to the next place? It not immoral to have certain expectations from legal immigrants and it is not wrong to demand people obey the laws of this country while here.

I am sorry for the parents.  But I do  not see an innocent lamb being slaughtered here, regardless of the circumstances.  If there was no issue with illegals, it would not have happened in the first place.

That's a good point!

Yes it would be cheaper but some may still slip by. How about gun towers along the wall? This would have been a good place to spend that stimulus money. Some folks say that a wall will not work, I say that's BS. That wall in Berlin seemed to work pretty good. And how about that wall in china? That's a darn good piece of work.

But then they would sanctify the victims.  With a wall, there are no victims.

That gator looks loaded!  Frisk him!

Update: Obama just ceded part of the US to Mexico.

Depends on which faction of the left is bigger, the environmental wackos or the change America into mexico crowd.  

That news story makes me sick. These are not merely illegals, they are hostile invaders and need to be dealt with accordingly. Our military needs to be on the boarder. The enemy needs to be driven back.