rulieg

Sun, Jun 20, 2010 : 3:44 p.m.

why do so many people have trouble understanding the word "illegal"? this woman was here illegally. she broke the law. that's what "illegal" means. somehow, that meaning of the word has been lost in this big to-do about the Arizona law and all this. some of these comments say it is not "anyone's country"? wrong. it is our country--we American citizens who live here legally. we are not obliged to let anyone and everyone come in and stay, regardless of whether they took legal steps to do so. I don't see why this woman should be treated any differently than any other person who is not here legally.

Sam

Sat, Jun 19, 2010 : 2:01 p.m.

ffej440 was right yesterday. We are not getting much information about this lady. We know she has been here for fourteen years and has three small kids. There must be something more you can say about her without invading her privacy or interfering with "justice." Give us more, Lee Higgins

kraftybeth

Sat, Jun 19, 2010 : 12:45 p.m.

Hey Brittanicus, right in! I've been following Numbers USA as well. A lot of Americans think the Mexicans just do the menial jobs. They also are very active in the construction inductry making big $$$ and sending it back home to Mexico. Then, in the winter, they can go home, call Marvin to collect their unemployment and the money is either mailed to them or deposited in a bank account, The United States cannot afford to feed and house all the poor people in the world, although we certainly do our fair share at trying to. Think of the money we send to so many third world countries to feed the starving people of the world, along with the thugs who hijacl those shipments. Yes, employers do need to check id of people they hire. And yes, id is stolen or just made up by masterminds who make a living out of scamming their own people. Then you have the "coyotes" who charge them "mucho dinero" to get them across the border. We are not talking just about Latinos either. I have read where some Middle Eastern people have gotten through Mexican/US borders illegally as well. Are these the people making plans to blow up Times Square or possibly Cobo or The Palace or Comerica Park right here in Michigan? I also agree that those that come through illegaly are "Illegal Aliens" or just simplly "Illegals", whatever term floats your boat. When my grandparents came here from Germany as small children with their parents, they came through Ellis Island like many/most others coming in at that time. They came legally. We embrace people of different backgrounds, cultures, races, relition. But let them in legally (this does not mean Amnesty after they get here).

Speechless

Sat, Jun 19, 2010 : 12:06 p.m.

From Edward Vielmetti: "... If you can call out specific words and phrases which you believe to be coded "dog whistle" language regarding immigration, that can be something that gets added attention in the moderation process." These terms would, by my understanding, be inherently difficult to moderate. They're typically "normal" words and phrases, not angry epithets. If they were simple to isolate and remove, then they wouldn't work effectively as dog whistles. The context in which they're placed will sometimes be the key to imparting an implied meaning. In regard to reports on ICE arrests, I don't think singling out a term like "illegals," for instance, would make for an easy process, even though it can be applied in a very culturally-loaded fashion. You would, I think, mostly have to moderate possible dog whistling using 'human mode' rather than an automated process. And this would still entail tough, referee-like decisions. That's because one essential feature of 'dog whistle' conversation is 'plausible deniability' of implied negative stereotyping. We've seen deniability claims more than once in this thread. Wikipedia, on its 'dog whistle politics' page, gives a few examples, including "states' rights," one the best-known historical examples. In context of debate over civil rights decades ago, it became a rallying cry for southerners defending segregation. Although they were vociferous in claiming plausible deniability, the term was tacitly understood as a stand-in for Jim Crow-era racism. But removed from that context, however, it merely refers to powers of state governments. Any moderation in this example would be challenging: on what basis might you delete comments calling for states' rights? Another one mentioned in Wikipedia is "welfare queen." As far as dog whistles go, this example is weak, because the racist, cartoon stereotype is too overt. But since the implied prejudice is more obvious, the decision on whether to moderate it out of a discussion becomes more straightforward. (As an FYI, I'm thinking of posting a separate long spiel on 'dog whistle' language over on the moderation guidelines discussion page sometime this weekend. It would range too far off-topic per this news report to post it here.) Re-reading my earlier comment, it might be possible to interpret a line of what I wrote as saying that I feel annarbor.com uses ICE arrest articles, such as this one, as a type of dog whistle to generate reader comments — not my intention at all, in case anyone read it that way. It's just that there are people ready to fire up their keyboards in attack mode anytime a news report appears that in some way relates to unauthorized border crossing. Also, I should have used wording more like "thinly concealed cultural, socio-economic, and racial fears," and left out "barely coded." The ferocious reaction to illegal immigration draws its sense of alienation from a host of factors in the immigrants' lives, including poverty, cultural differences, the language barrier, and skin color. In comparison, the hostility toward those U.S. citizens who knowingly employ them is rather lukewarm.

Brittanicus

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 7:48 p.m.

There will be a confrontation soon between Americans who want a halt to illegal immigration occupancy and the zealots who want open borders? NumbersUSA has all the answers to these question of those pandering to specific ethnic organizations, and wants you to keep subsidizing illegal aliens lives. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada has the followers who see nothing wrong, for you to keep unceasingly pay-out for illegal alien families who need urgent care in hospitals, education for their children and other welfare programs Our country is 13 Trillion dollars in debt, which is mostly owed to Communist China. We have about 15 million people slogging the streets for jobs, but their is estimated to be 8.5 million foreigners working on bogus ID and Social Security numbers employed. If you haven't checked your Credit report lately, I suggest you do? My own Social Security number was compromised of all things by a person working for a Security Firm in Dallas, TX. Apart from Sen. Reid who has to go, Pelosi in charge of our Homeland Security, Clinton, Holder, Morton, Boxer, Schumer and Graham are all set on--FORCING--through another financially crippling--AMNESTY. Now that this fury battle has been ignited by the Arizona SB 1070 police law, we must not let this controversial issue sink quietly beneath the oil situation in the Gulf. Governor Brewer is an upstanding patriotic American and doesn't crawl to powerful influences of businesses who hire illegal aliens, ethnic caucuses and reams of other soft-brained idiots who want massive avalanches of people from South-North of the border or intentionally overstayed their visa. As a Independent, a Tea Partier I want politicians working for every American and legal entrant. Years of neglect have come back to haunt each political parties and now they are going to serve you a hundred billion dollar bailout, By legalizing criminal aliens who violated our sovereign law of defending our borders from drug criminals and others with criminal records escaping from foreign law enforcements. The criminal element is prevalent in the border state of Arizona, but if we don't throw out of office the spreading violence and criminal will get worse. IN EVERY STATE!. It's outrageous when an American public servant such as Madame Clinton reveals to a foreign Diplomat about our internal affairs before the US taxpayers who pay her salary. Clinton might be against the "ATTRITION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, but Governor Brewer has already received $48.000 from the Average Citizen-legal resident to support this the SB 1070 policing law. Liberals are strictly behind this obnoxious push to obtain quasi--legitimate path to citizenship, which must be stopped at any cost. Learn about the corruption in Washington and in State Capitols in both ruling parties. Your vote is powerful, so its up to you and only--YOU! Obama's administration Czars are debunking our US Constitution and not following the voice of the people? Support the State of Arizona. Stop any immigration Amnesty as it will bankrupt many states. Don't follow the chaos that the Sanctuary--illegal alien--state of California is suffering from? De Mint is right--investigate for yourself, the money extracted by the IRS to pay for the invasion. Hundreds of thousands of "Anchor babies" get free everything for parents, including low income housing. Discover the abhorrent facts on NumbersUSA and Judicial Watch. Call your Representative at 202-224-3121 and demand their support of the state of Arizona or see the door in coming November elections.

bigblue

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 3:07 p.m.

ICE is more corrupt than the people they supposedly try to bring to "justice"... who are the original "americans"...?

Chrysta Cherrie

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 2:15 p.m.

Discussion here has veered from the topic of the story, an immigration-related arrest, to general commentary on immigration. Please try and keep the comments pertinent to the story; if you'd like to discuss other immigration issues, you're welcome to post a story on the Community Wall.

John of Saline

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 2:07 p.m.

The first two paragraphs of my previous post should have been italicized. HTML fail.

John of Saline

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 2:02 p.m.

I was born in Mexico... that is, it would have been Mexico if the U.S. hadn't latched on to it via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. When I came to Michigan, did I cross the border illegally? The treaty was really kind of forced on us, after all. Mexicans are right to question the legitimacy of it when you consider the circumstances. Maybe you Americans should be a little more hospitable. For a long time I've noticed that Annarbor.com comments are pretty extreme. I also regularly read the Dallas Morning News. It is much more reasonable, and, oddly enough, more liberal. I recommend it, if you want avoid nutcase opinions. Actually, your comment is pretty extreme. Are you seriously challenging who has sovereignty over the southwestern states? There are groups that actually advocate for Mexico to take back that area, but they're generally considered--what's the word--"extreme."

bigblue

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 1:57 p.m.

was christopher columbus an illegal?

John of Saline

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 1:57 p.m.

Also, if your great grand parents had to follow the same chanels that people have to today, you would not be here. Um, no. I actually know a fair amount of my family history. And I also know a lady from El Salvador, who immigrated here legally and is a US citizen. She followed the law. It's not too much to ask. (As for "dog whistles," that's usually a liberal technique for shutting down any argument they don't like by trying to tar their opponents as racist without evidence. Claim some words are racist "code words" and away you go!)

Speechless

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 1:28 p.m.

[And, if employers stop hiring them illegally, they won't come here illegally.] On and on it goes.... It's so lovely that a number of you feel uplifted by the misfortune of this woman and her family. You were sufficiently energized by this incident that you actually took the time to write a comment or two. You bleat your excited approval and cheer this latest ICE arrest: So long, sucka! The sheer pleasures of schadenfreude. Whenever article content includes illegal immigration, that has become a dog whistle signaling that it's time to commence typing and begin the pile-on attacks — which mainly express barely-coded racial fears. But it must feel so good to vent your internal anger on "the other," those who are poor and look different, especially in the company of your like-minded comrades. I'd bet at least a few of you were once schoolroom bullies and proud of it. What I find wonderfully ironic is that Canada has made it harder over time for U.S. citizens to move in. They're concerned that many down-on-their-luck, middle class Americans want to come there just to exploit Canada's free universal health care and lower national unemployment rate.

Sam

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 1:19 p.m.

I was born in Mexico... that is, it would have been Mexico if the U.S. hadn't latched on to it via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. When I came to Michigan, did I cross the border illegally? The treaty was really kind of forced on us, after all. Mexicans are right to question the legitimacy of it when you consider the circumstances. Maybe you Americans should be a little more hospitable. For a long time I've noticed that Annarbor.com comments are pretty extreme. I also regularly read the Dallas Morning News. It is much more reasonable, and, oddly enough, more liberal. I recommend it, if you want avoid nutcase opinions.

Atticus F.

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 1:05 p.m.

John of Saline, we are a country of Immigrant, Mexico's immigration policy is irrelevent. Also, if your great grand parents had to follow the same chanels that people have to today, you would not be here. And I for one, do not want to live in a world where you can be arrested for not having proper ID...There are too many things that can go wrong. if some Bureaucrat makes a mistake, or you lose your documentation, they can use it as an excuse to take your freedom. If you think losing you wallet sucks now, just wait until they can lock you in jail for it. The only crime these people commited as far as I'm concerned, is being exploited.

Dakotawoman1

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 10:55 a.m.

If they aren't here illegally, they can't be hired illegally........

walker101

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 10:47 a.m.

Dakotawomen1: Out of the 14 million currently unemployed or too lazy to work not all of these are illegals, the majority are US citizens, many illegals do not claim unemployment benefits, many employers pay them under the table for THEIR benefit and don't WANT to pay State and Federal taxes, no taxes MORE money for them (OWNERS). I guess you can blame illegals for that, also many DO pay taxes, rent, shop at stores and purchase products from American businesses. So who do you think the biggest rip off artists are, the illegals or businesses that employ them? If we didn't hire them in the first place they wouldn't come or maybe the illegals all own businesses and just hire illegals to promote the cause?

YpsiLivin

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 10:42 a.m.

UM Rocks: Really? You have to ask? I think the penalties ought to be changed such that the illegal's employer picks up the tab for the worker's ICE enforcement and deportation. Throw in a $50,000 fine on top of that, and presto, the "illegal problem" goes away.

UM Rocks

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 9:53 a.m.

Does anyone know who picks up the cost to fly these people back to their country after deportation?

Dakotawoman1

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 9:50 a.m.

walker101 - and now that I finished reading your story another point: "Burney Madoff ponzi scheme at $50 Billion+ or was it another Enron scandal where 1,000 of employees lost everything they worked for and the $7 billion dollars of our tax money went to support this fraud and along with all the other schemes in the last 5 years of white collar crimes. Let's see how many illegal Mexicans would it take to rip us off for a few Hundred Trillion dollars?" Yep - Burney Madoff is in prison for life, the head Enron official committe suicide before being sent to prison. So.....if you want to try to lump all of these together under one umbrella - GOOD - that means they should be punished just like the white collar criminals. Also - you honestly don't believe that 700,000 illegal Mexicans ARE "ripping us off for a few hundred trillion dollars" Unbury your head.......

Dakotawoman1

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 9:37 a.m.

justavoice - VERY WELL SAID! walker101 - Hmmmm $5k-$10K per individual sounds pretty high, however, even if that IS the case do you honestly believe that them staying IN the US isn't costing the taxpayers at least that amount per year per individual? The birth of my son cost almost 8K alone not to mention services including police and fire, etc. etc. etc. which these illegals are NOT paying taxes for. If it costs 10K per individual ONCE, it's better than 10K per individual every year. Send them home and give them the necessary information they need to apply to return to America LEGALLY. And before it gets said.....Yes, the children are American citizens since they were born here but unfortunately, it was their mother's choice to be here illegally, so yes, they have to pay the consequences as well and either return to Mexico with mommy or stay here without her.....

John of Saline

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 9:28 a.m.

Atticus, would it be OK with you if we adopted Mexico's immigration laws here? After all, since Mexico's president felt free to slag America over our laws, Mexico must be very open and inviting, right?

eksmalls

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 9:23 a.m.

I find the argument - these 'criminals' are breaking the law and therefore have NO excuse and should without fail be shipped back where they come from - an easy cop out. Not to mention the - my ancestors came here and went through the legal process so everyone can. Well, it's safe to say that the immigration process has changed and rather than taking a few years to become a permanent resident after easily applying for a visa...it now takes over a decade in order to be considered for a resident status, and those who are starving and desperate for any chance to support their family don't have over ten years. Undocumented workers aren't taking our jobs or deflating our economy, they are the reason our economy can run. If it weren't for the exploitation of their labor, we would have significantly higher prices for our food, not to mention the 15% of our state who are unemployed aren't looking for a fruit picking job. They are 'people are people are people' and they have just as much of a right to earn the chance for a better life as anyone else. This isn't 'anybody's country' this is a place that was built on immigration...the pilgrims were illegal, everyone needed to fight to get here, but now we've made it nearly impossible. It's not as if Mexicans would want to come to a place where they would be confronted by the attitudes of everyone who wrote a bad comment against them, away from their families, away from their culture. Yet, we have the audacity to think they do, when all they want is chance to be happy at home, but the US and NAFTA took that away.

walker101

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 8:59 a.m.

"Gee" How much tax dollars did we spend to arrest 5 individuals over a one week period, it probably had taken at least 5-6 agents, staff, administration and a federal judge to get involved. If you ad up all the overhead, vehicles used and whatever else it required for this special operations task force to take these offenders and criminals off our streets my estimate would be more than any private business sector company would spend in a month with about 50 employees. If they average it out I would guess we are talking about $5K-$10K plus per individual, makes sense to me. I'm sure that lady involved a mother of 3 supporting her children was in the mist of planning a Burney Madoff ponzi scheme at $50 Billion+ or was it another Enron scandal where 1,000 of employees lost everything they worked for and the $7 billion dollars of our tax money went to support this fraud and along with all the other schemes in the last 5 years of white collar crimes. Let's see how many illegal Mexicans would it take to rip us off for a few Hundred Trillion dollars? Nope, I say we continue to enforce our immigration laws and lets get all these immigrants off our streets and how about including all those Asians who are taking over our public links or the LPGA, along with those Europeans that are over crowding out Universities and while your at it some of those Middle Easterners that want to blow up our planes or kill and mane innocent people who just want to shop in a busy retail section of New York City all for the sake of religion? According to most of these comments posted an illegal Mexican is a high priority and definitely a security risk to our all American white anglo society in Ann Arbor, I'm sooo scared.

Davidian

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 8:48 a.m.

Agree with Stevak. It's very convenient for someone (Atticus) to pull the race card when using an indefensible argument. You should hang your head in shame for going so low. "Illegal" isn't a race, and any illegal immigrant in this country should be deported immediately--white, black, brown, or purple. I'm glad that most everyone agrees on this--even in the liberal bastion of Ann Arbor. Truth is, we're sick of the crime, inflation, unemployment, low wages, and every other overwhelmingly negative aspect of illegal immigration.

glimmertwin

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 8:05 a.m.

Amazing that a government agency is doing their job. I hope it continues and the laws in place are finally enforced in a more timely manner. The country cannot afford to support those here illegally.

stevek

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 7:53 a.m.

It is amazing that if someone doesn't agree with their point of view, they default to calling the person racist. The definition of trespassing is "entering unlawfully onto someone's property". They failed to follow the proper procedures, so charge them with trespassing.

stunhsif

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 7:01 a.m.

Good to see ICE having some success. As other posters have said, if these illegals had simply followed the laws set down by our country, they most likely would not be looking at deportation. It is that simple, play by the rules or get caught and go home. I just got back from 6 days in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Spent most of that time in an all inclusive. The locals for the most part love Americans and are very gracious, almost to where you feel bad for how good they are treating you. A cabbie ( who spoke english quite well) told me that this city is 100% dependant on U.S. tourism and that they love America and what we do for them. Other than being accosted multiple times each day by vendors trying to sell stuff, my wife,daughter and I had a good time. We did have several men try and sell us drugs ( pot and cocaine) on the beach and we had a pair of Nike tennis shoes stolen from our room by a housekeeper. It was rather scary to see the police around the city. There were always three of them together carrying machine guns or sawed off shotguns. They also have big black Dodge Ram pickups with two in the cab and one sitting in the bed, seatbelted onto a chair ( in a roll cage) that swivels 360 degrees. The guy in the bed had a machine gun with one hand on the trigger ready for action. The highlight of the trip for me was getting my picture taken with both the cops walking the beat and the guys in the Dodge Ram. This was my first visit to Mexico and I can say that I was glad to get home, I can see why so many Mexican's try to make it into our country.

bigblue

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 4:45 a.m.

well, i see ICE is good at picking up the low hanging fruit. have they caught any major criminals or felons or drug trafficers? a 40 year old woman with three kids under the age of 13! wow! the urban battlefield of ann arbor is so much more safer now....LOL...

Heardoc

Fri, Jun 18, 2010 : 4:03 a.m.

Poor job Lee. Left many things out and story is quite slanted. Report -- do not let bias show.

Craig Lounsbury

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 7:58 p.m.

"My logic would be that I would like to know who is coming into my country and why." Its not "your" country its "our" country. I find it a bit of an ironic request coming from an anonymous poster.

annarbor

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 7:54 p.m.

Welcome to Michigan, the Mississippi of the North....

djm12652

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 7:44 p.m.

If the deportee [sound better than criminal?] was working, she would had have to provide work eligibility documents. Unfortunately, most illegal immigrants work with false documents; documents that are from criminal rings mastering in identity theft. Due to privacy laws, most employers take the documents presented as valid. If they hired the deportee knowingly as ineligible, they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law...as justavoice sayid...a criminal is a criminal is a criminal @AtticusF...yes, I always have my ID on me. A valid Driver's License and my Social Security Card. Try going to Mexico without the proper paperwork, it's normally a 2 year jail stint...no trial, no process. As a Nicaraguan or Guatamalan that tries to sneak into Mexico what happens...they don't ship you home like we do...they throw you in jail.

Jay Thomas

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 7:29 p.m.

"Also, I haven't heard one person say they should be arresting the people who hired these 'illegals'..." That's funny, I wrote as much yesterday. Reading comprehension would help there. Prosecute them! I'm not surprised that some people feel carrying identification (papers) is unnecessary; they feel the same way about following the law! Probably don't think it should be necessary for someone to go to school or get any other government service either. A human being is not illegal BUT THEIR CONDUCT MAY BE. EVERY country has immigration and visa rules. Believe me, they deport people also. Mexico is much more strict than we are (major hypocrites).

John Galt

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 6:44 p.m.

Good Job ICE. Keep up the enforcement of our laws.

pawky

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 6:21 p.m.

ICE: Keep up the good work!!

L. C. Burgundy

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 6:05 p.m.

Good news! The only miscarriage here is that this should have been taken care of 12 years ago.

Chrysta Cherrie

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 4:37 p.m.

An off-topic comment was removed. This story is about an immigration-related arrest; if you'd like to discuss an immigration-related issue not covered in this or another AnnArbor.com story, feel free to submit a story to the Community Wall.

Lokalisierung

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 4:29 p.m.

"Also, I haven't heard one person say they should be arresting the people who hired these 'illegals'..." I think they should be charged if they are actually paying the person less money than they would to an American Citizen for sure. Also, I have my paperwork. A Michigan ID car, a passport, and a birth certificate.

Atticus F.

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 4:18 p.m.

I personally dont support people being locked up because they dont have their paperwork on them. How bout you 'Ron Burgandy', do you have your paper work on you? And if not, does that give the police the right to lock you in jail? Also, I haven't heard one person say they should be arresting the people who hired these 'illegals'...Thats why I am of the oppinion that these comments are not based in logical reasoning, but in racism. No human being is illegal!

I'm Ron Burgandy

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 4 p.m.

Keep up the great work ICE!! The majority of Michigan residents and Americans as a whole support the Arizona law. These are all little steps in the right direction.

Justavoice

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 3:50 p.m.

Way to go ICE! Keep up the good fight! Sorry, I totally see a difference between law breakers and immigrants. Immigrants come here legally, they put the time and hard work in through the right channels to become citizens. They don't break the laws and cut corners. I respect the right of anyone to try to better the life, but you can't say you honor my country and want to become a citizen if you break the laws to begin with. There are NO SHORTCUTS. My ancestors and many like you came here legally and did what it took at the time to become honest, LAW ABIDING HONORABLE U.S. Citizens. I honor that. This isn't about race, and it isn't about putting the boot to hard working people. It's simple about the law and if your willing to do what it takes to conform to our society. I'm sorry things in other countries are as bad as they are, and I feel for some of those people. I also have no problems accepting anyone from anywhere to stand side by side with me as my neighbor and citizen if there willing to put the time in and follow our laws. It's not about class, it's not about skin color, and it certainly isn't religion. It's about following the very basic laws of which our country was founded on. I welcome you, if you willing to follow the laws. If not, I don't sob for anyone that gets treated as a criminal for breaking them (After all, isn't that the definition of a criminal?). Your taking (One could say stealing) basic services, jobs and food out of the mouths of my fellow americans and their children. There are no illegal immigrant rights. You broke the law to begin with, you aren't a citizen, your inside the border illegally, and you have no rights (Look it up). If you come here legally and are in the process you have basic rights afforded to anyone here in the process, but to break the law to begin with, you have no rights. You gave up those rights the minute you stepped across the border and entered an illegal status knowing full well what you were doing. No sob story from me. A criminal is a criminal is a criminal. You can spin that any way you want ("Undocumented workers" is the new P C version of that), it still comes down to the very basic breaking of the very laws that form our society.

Steve Borgsdorf

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 3:37 p.m.

Too bad for the U.S. citizen children. Is deporting a mom seeking permanent resident status an ICE priority? I thought we had a porous border and a drug war that they were focused upon...

djm12652

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 3:29 p.m.

BTW I don't believe an Ann Arbor woman was arrested...I believe a Mexican National hiding out illegally in Ann Arbor was arrested. Your headline makes it seem like Madre' Teresa was arrested. And she managed to have 3 anchor babies to boot...was this woman on welfare?

djm12652

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 3:25 p.m.

@atticusF...way to throw the race card in...who cares if the illegal immigrants are commiting crimes...anyone wishing to deny them illegal entry must be racist, right? So, if and when illegals hiding in our country rape, rob, or murder a US citizen, we shan't say anything for fear of being perceived as racist...even Mexico's El Presidente shamed us in Congress for being such cold hearted white people.

rusty shackelford

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 3:25 p.m.

Another impoverished Mexican, arrested for the crime of working harder for less money than anyone commenting here has ever had to.

Jay Thomas

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 3:14 p.m.

ICE only gets about one percent of these aliens. At least they are trying though. It's not easy when they are deliberately deprived of the resources they need to enforce the law. There is a fifth column in this country that would be jump for joy if we had open borders and open wallets for the whole world. Whatever we do is never enough for them. :|

Smiley

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 3:14 p.m.

Atticus F references "racism and intolerance" -- On this issue, this is the equivalent of raising the white flag to surrender in a debate.

Mikey2u

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 2:45 p.m.

We can all help Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents do their job by reporting suspicious activity to: 1 (866) DHS-2-ICE

dading dont delete me bro

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 2:35 p.m.

nice to see ICE kicking some butt. git-r-done.

Atticus F.

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 2:28 p.m.

garrisondyer, I can answer that question for you...Because that type of thinking is based in racism and intolerance, not logic.

djm12652

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 2:27 p.m.

Good job ICE, a criminal is a criminal, regardless of what law was broken.

ffej440

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 2:14 p.m.

Hey Lee- This story is missing even more than the last. Why were they in front of an imigration judge in the first place? Did they apply and were denied? Was this another step in the removal procedure? Is it normal for a judge to order removal, then let them walk out of court? Seems strange ICE just picking up these people. Please a little more detail.

Mikey2u

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 2:05 p.m.

Good job ICE. The citizens of Michigan thank-you.

stonecutter1

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 1:41 p.m.

She is allowed to become a citizen, like many do each year. She, however, chose to not use the proper channels and broke the law! That is why.

cinnabar7071

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 1:40 p.m.

garrisondyer it might have something to do with 15% unemployment in michigan, or maybe they are criminals that don't respect our laws. Either way its nice to see the Gov't doing what we pay them to do.

garrisondyer

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 1:35 p.m.

And they are trying to do this instead of allowing her, as well as the other "700,000 in Michigan", to become a citizen (and adding these people to the taxpaying public) why?

Davidian

Thu, Jun 17, 2010 : 1:15 p.m.

One down, about 700,000 in Michigan to go.