As an African American I fully understand how the Latino/ Hispanic communities may feel being targeted and repeatedly reported on negatively. What I cannot understand is why Caucasian Americans feel that this is even in their power say who may live or leave the U.S. We are all living on land that was taken from the Native American and technically the Mexicans. Many Southwestern U.S. States such as Texas were once part of Mexico until once again, Europeans stole it.

You have a profound lack of knowledge of American History.

Ms. Huffman needs to realize that American's didn't STEAL the land. The frontier was fought over and many lives were lost winning the right to include these states in the United States. Remember the Alamo? Some of the land was purchased from other countries too....read some history books!!!

If you took your neighbor's house from him/her at gunpoint and forced him/her to live in another place of "your" choosing because you wanted his property, you would probably be charged with a crime, don't you think? Of course, you could say to your neighbor, "Sorry if this pisses you off, here's $5, now shut up and get back in your pen." That would probably make it OK.

You'll be hard-pressed to find many historians who will support the idea that land was "won" from Native Americans fairly. Recall that the Louisiana Purchase was made from France, not from Native Americans who were residing there long before the French and British arrived.

All this aside, the dilemma of illegal immigration is complex and should not be addressed through fear-mongering and stereotyping. Issues such as larg-scale economic development, investments in neighboring countries' infrastructure, outsourcing, financial incentives, and application of advanced technology should all be factored into a long-term strategic plan.