JU seems to be behaving today, so oops #1

Let's translate that into English:

The vast majority of illegal aliens, who committed a crime by coming here illegally in circumventing our immigration laws, are not professional criminals.

I believe that to be true of those already in-country.  But a quite sizable minority are professional criminals.  And until we control the border, we can't shut off the influx of that sizable minority which, in the current US employment environment, may well be in fact a sizable majority of those currently entering illegally.

What to do about all the 'undocumented' resident non-professional criminals once the border is controlled is another subject.  I strongly suspect we would (and shall) deal with that problem compassionately but resolutely once the border is a border again.

One town that is not even on the border (just ask the democrat from Wisconsin) and that is some type of proof?  Ok, where are the other 100 articles from the other "non" border states/cities?  That berg does not cover the entire border, now does it?

Good point!

Okay change right to supporters of Arizaona SB  1070.  Happy now?

Doesn't matter whether crime overall is up or down, Loca, although I bet we'll see a further drop in Arizona after the law goes into effect. 

There is no level of crime committed by illegal immigrants that is acceptable, just like there's no level of crime committed by legal citizens that is acceptable.  The moral relativism of opponents of 1070 is breathtaking.  What's Rob Krentz's life worth?  100 illegal immigrants?  A thousand? Two?

Since we're on the subject of crime, the biggest relevant chunk of which involves drug smuggling, there are those who argue that the drug smuggling problem and the immigration problem have nothing to do with each other (link) but I disagree.  They are most certainly linked and the drug smugglers take advantage of the porous border, and hapless illegal immigrants, every day.  Furthermore, the fact that drug smuggling occurs hardly makes coming here illegally "OK" and some of those drug smugglers will get snared by implementation of 1070.

Our local papers would have us believe that 'undocumented workers' have been fleeing the state in droves since the law was passed and that some legal Latino residents are leaving, out of sympathy or in protest.  While I have no problem with illegals leaving, since they've demonstrated they have no respect for our laws, I hate for legal Hispanic citizens to leave because they not only have nothing to fear but are deserving of our support and fealty.  1070 has nothing to do with them.  They have been misled and frightened by the lies and exaggerations of vocal opponents of 1070, many of whom have no skin in the game and no idea of the harm they are causing.

Is 1070 sufficient to solve our illegal immigration and drug smuggling problems?  Hell, no.  But it's a reasonable weapon in addressing both issues and a damn sight more than the Feds (under either Bush or Obama) have been willing to do.  And to argue that it's worse than doing nothing (as Kos & our President have determined) is idiotic - Constitutional Scholarship my ass notwithstanding.

(A bit of disclosure - I've worked with and cared for some of Rob's relatives in the past.)

INdeed!  Everyone is an act of war,  and Obama is ignoring it.

She found me out.  I am a racist.  Who married a Mexican.  So I hate my inlaws and my wife.  I am sooooooo depressed!

Loca...unlike some of the other liberal bloggers here... we still love ya.

Tova, again your pointing in the right direction, and I want to elaborate more. If an illegal can make a bit more money by selling drugs or prostitution, doesn't it make sense? After all they are here to MAKE money. Many are not satisfied making sub-minimum wage. When you can get a commodity (drugs) cheaply and easily back home, have it smuggled to you, and sell it for much more than picking tomatoes, people are naturally going to attempt to supplement their incomes, or make that the primary source of money if it seems to be working for them. So yes, as long as they can make money though illegal work or crime, they will continue to come here.

Like Tova said, not all are doing this, but even a generous figure of 1% is too much. What really bothers me is vocal, I'll say few, that outright spit on our laws, do not support the US in anyway, and revel in racism and "reclaiming" lost Mexican territory. I feel this way toward any illegals, not just Mexicans, but others seem to keep much lower on the radar. They need a boot too. The illegal Mexican population has become so large they feel they can come right out in the open with their list of demands... and some politicians are pandering to these people. That makes me sick. Politicians are supposed to represent US citizens and uphold the laws and constitution of the country. If some US citizens want illegals here, the law should trump that want. They want representation? Immigrate legally.