The state can't do anything. When states try and crack down on illegals, Obama and his justice department come and sue. As long as Democrats see illegals as future democratic voters, you will never see any real effort to address this.

That does not mean Christie and out other stae politicans can't try. Other states are trying, but our governor just buries his head in the sane and worries about how to save his millionaire friends money. Of courese they want them here for cheaper labor. Chrisitie will go after public workers because he says they are draining the budget. How about the illegals who just take from our system, but nothing back? They get free schooling, free medical, etc, but put nothing back into the system. Just ask California about this and why they have so many hospitals shutting down.

This has to be one of the most IGNORANT posts on here !How many CITIZENS are involved in DWI fatalities,how many fools in Toms River do you think drive and drink ? Why don't you say the real reason you hate The President...BECAUSE HE IS BLACK !You don't have the B@LLS TO SAY THAT DO YOU ?

I don't like Obama becuase he is a Marxist. His skin color has no bearing on my disdain for him.

Ken, I agree with you. The more we cater to them the more we will have comming to our state. When our grandparents came here from Europe they had to learn to read, write english. Than they went to take the exam to become a citizen. Nothing was catered to them, the exam was not given in there language, ENGLISH only. Thay had to be in good health and also had a place to live and a job waiting for them. WHAT happen over the years. (goverment was more interested in how they could finagle money form the hard working citizen) that they didn't truly care about what was happening around us. They just took, took took from the US citizen and gave gave gave it to the illegals More states should become like Arizon

I agree, but the problem is we just keep voting in the same people over and over and they figure they can do whatever they want. Just look at our 2 US Senators and they both have 2 of the worst records whn it comes to illegals. They both want amnesty for these crimminals, but they keep getting voted back in. People need to start thinking and need to get out there and vote and vote everyone of them who are more concerned with the illegals than they are with us!!!!

The Feds? The Obama administration supports illegal immigration. He knows once their anchor babies are born here, they will become future democrats. The fact of the matter is that even if the towns or state tried to do something, the justice dept would swoop in and squash it.

Lakewood should just be carpet bombed... Such a hell hole.. How does that town even survive with pretty much no one in that town paying taxes..
Neither one of there primary residence can drive for a damn either....

Hispanic Ethnicity: According to the Census, people of Hispanic origin, were those who indicated that their origin was Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or some other Hispanic origin.
It should be noted that people of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

Lakewood NJ:

Hispanic pop: 24%
Non-Hispanic pop: 76%
White: 70%

Source * http://www.clrsearch.com/Lakewood_Demographics/NJ/

What we need to teach an ILLEGAL immigrant family is to get out of our Country and if they want to than come here legally like thy should. Time to stop making excuses for illegals. They are not welcome here and they came here ILLEGALLY. Not sure what people do not understand about the word illegal?

Ken, explain that to the Mexicans and other Native Americans who "owned" this country before the Europeans invaded them. Tell this to the Mexicans who owned and lived in the southwestern portion of what is now called the "United States" for many many generations prior to the US government stealing, buying and otherwise wheeling and dealing for their land and rights. Have your forgotten that Texas and other huge areas of the United States was once part of Mexico? How do you think it happened that now "We" own it all? Did we come here as "legal immigrants" and assimilate into the Native way of life here? hell no, we took over, slaughtered, denigrated, and became masters over whole cultures of people.
Yeah, these "Illegal Immigrants" of today really have some nerve!

The only thing that makes todays' immigrants "illegal" is the fact that there is no cohesive, sensible, logical LEGAL means to become a citizen in this country - unless you're a White European - with $$.

This is the dumbest thing I have seen anyone write on this site yet! Hope you can learn more next year about self control

waaaaay over their heads, Sean, way over.

You are seriously comparing Illegal Aliens to Jesus? Are you crazy?

No, KEN, he's comparing the *social atmosphere* of Unacceptance, bigotry and Hate - back in Jesus' time and NOW. Get it?

Mattie, you are right about one thing I do not accept people breaking the law even if you do. I have no problem with coming here Legally like so many people did years ago. I have a problem with them coming here illegally. As far as bigotry I feel anyone from any country that came here ILLEGALLY should be deported. Try going to any other country in the worls illegally and see what happens.

HEY FOOL, EXACTLY WHAT JOBS DO THEY TAKE THAT US LAZY AMERICANS REFUSE TO DO ? ROBBIE H.YOU ARE A FOOL !

AMEN

Kenny: Its Americans who flee to Canada, not the other way around. Google the terms "Vietnam draft dodger" and "socialized medicine". They may come here to catch an NHL game or two, but then they head back home.

ALL illegals should be deported no matter what country they come from. I doubt if thousands have come from Canada, but how about the hundereds of thousands who came here from mexico? There are probably thousands of them just in lakewood.

RIGHT ON !

You neglected to mention that the immigrants who came her for a better life in previous centuries actually took the time to learn English, served in our military, and paid their fair share. They also came here LEGALLY.

Hope you feel the same way when they take a job from you or your children, or God forbid kill or rape one of your relatives.

Amen!

ANOTHER RACIST HEARD FROM !!

To MARCY:
Here's what happened in MY family: My brother in law was in an accident earlier this year. Not his fault, the other driver was reckless, speeding and cut him off while making an illegal and dangerous left turn right in front of him. Everyone suspects the other driver may have been drinking, but no testing was done. Want to know why? Because the other driver was an off-duty COP. A white, 40-something yr old, neighborhood COP. My brother in law is now permanently disabled! Awaiting the first of possibly several surgeries to try and correct his back injuries.
He _could_ end up in a wheelchair, forever.
Another story; Sister goes on her yearly vacation to visit family in another state. while she's gone, her home is broken into, ransacked, and all her family-inherited jewelry is stolen,also cash, coins, electronics, etc. No one saw anything, so no one reported anything. She discovered the burglary when she got home 7 days later.
Know who did it? Not some junkie, not some illegal alien, but some neighborhood kids - white kids, from regular 2-parent homes- right down the street from her. Kids who saw her every day walking her dog and knew her kids from high school...
No room to tell you more, so-
Wait till that happens to YOUR family. Let's see how betrayed YOU feel by your own neighbors and fellow Americans. You people act like there's no crime amongst your own.

SALAMI!

Mexicans come from several tribes of peoples (absolutely) indigenous to Central America.
In Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans.
In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory from its base in México-Tenochtitlan, which was administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain. This territory would eventually become Mexico.
Later; Texas successfully achieved independence and was annexed by the United States. A border dispute led to the Mexican-American War, which began in 1846 and lasted for two years; the War was settled via the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which forced Mexico to give up over half of its land to the U.S., including Alta California, New Mexico, and the disputed parts of Texas.

Could not agree more with what you said.

America stole mexico

No, we did'nt. Google the "Gadsden Purchase" and the "Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo".

Ken G,
Americans don't like that word "stole"... prefer to think of it as "creatively acquired through warfare and/or righteous conquest". See the difference?

Well said

Here is the article: http://patch.com/A-p7Nz

Amen! However, the facts never bothered Faux News and its brainwashed audience.

Martin, I know... my eyes have truly been opened since I began reading the Patch several months ago. I never in my wildest dreams believed so many people could be so out of touch, so biased and prejudiced, and so UN-American in their ways.
I feel like I've stepped back into America-circa-1964.

Eye opening and very very discouraging... to say the least.

Mattie, while it may not solve every single problem to get rid of all the illegals it sure would make things a lot better in this country if they were gone. If they want to come here legally that is fine, if they don't want to do it legally than they should not be here. As far as your articles they are not all correct either. First of all I am in food stores and all the time will see people who do not speak English, but they do know how to use their food stamps. Also illegals do get free health care since hopsitals are not allowed to not take care of someone and that is why so many hospitals in California have closed and why your health insurance premiums are so high.

Illegals do not get food stamps, welfare or unemployment.

http://blog.chron.com/immigration/2008/01/illegal-immigrants-on-welfare-fact-or-fiction/

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/04/cost-of-illegal-immigrants/

http://www.theicosamagazine.com/the-broken-system

Ken, just because someone doesn't speak English, doesn't mean they are "illegals". There is no law against speaking other languages in America. This is America. They could be NEW immigrents who have not learned much of English, yet. They could be here on some sort of Visa or temporary status... English is still not required. This is America. I don't have insurance either, and if something drastic happens to me, I will also be cared for in the ER regardless of my ability to pay. Thank Gods, we're HUMAN, and do at least that for everyone. Nothing to be ashamed of. This is America. Illegals do not get food stamps, or welfare. IF *IF* they have 'anchor babies' they MIGHT qualify for assistance JUST FOR THE BABIES, not for them. But technically, those kids are not 'illegals'... they are citizens.
That's the law. This is America. Our laws were devised and based on acceptance, not exclusion. However more and more too many of us want America to close its doors to everyone not white, not from Europe and not Christian. THAT is NOT America.

Mattie, first of all the anchor baby thing should be changed. We are the only country who does this. Illegals come over the border pregnant or get pregnant as quick as possible so they can stay here, that needs to stop. I never said close the borders, but get rid of illegals and let them come hear legally like most of our ancestors did. Also if you are new here and collecting anything from the government that is a joke. My family came here and did not look for any handouts, they worked hard and supported themselves and their families. One comment about this not being America is correct. It is not the America I grew up in. It is a country where we now reard crimminals (Illegal Aliens). I am also sick of everyone using the racist card. I do not care what color, race or religion they are, if they are here illegally they should be gone and anyone who hires then should be thrown in jail.

On the contrary, Illegals DO get food stamps, welfare AND unemployment. Many of them use stolen social security numbers and birth certificates. Additionally, illegal parents of disabled childen born here get $$$ from the state.

Do not forget how you got here, how your ancestors got here (legally). By that I mean if we close off the boarders, it denys those who truly want to live "The American Dream" legally.

Joe if you think all the illegal aliens here in this country are here illegally because they WANT to be illegal, you're wrong. The reason they are illegal is because the system by which they can apply for legal citizenship is frankly- Effed Up.
Like I've said before, I know different people here from other countries- Japan, the Phillipines, and South Africa. They have been trying for up to 10 YEARS to get a permanent visa/green card and to eventually become citizens. They work, pay taxes, are educated, law abiding people.... and they STILL can't become citizens. The paperwork is astounding, the hoops they jump through and renewal hassle is enough to make one cry in frustration. Imagine if you're not really wanted here in the first place- like Mexicans, or Cubans, or other darker skinned people. Don't pretend that's not the real issue... and don't pretend the system works all they need to do is try. That's simply Not reality.

@ Joe-
Nation:
1. a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own: The president spoke to the nation about the new tax.
2. the territory or country itself: the nations of Central America.
3. a member tribe of an American Indian confederation.
4. an aggregation of persons of the same ethnic family, often speaking the same language or cognate languages.

Number 4. is number 4 for a reason... because number 4 is a specific use of the word, much more specific than 1, 2, and 3

Ken G you did make one good point, mst of us our ancestors came here legally, which is a very big point. I personally am not saying close our borders. I am saying get rid of all illegals and send them back to whatever country they are from back. Than let them come here legally as many people do each year. Also as our ancestors did learn to assimilate and do not look for handouts from the government. Also the practice of anchor babies should be abolished, no other country in the world does this.

That may be true Marcy, which is one reason we need a comprehensive, logical method to offer to people that want to immigrate here. There should be a number set to allow in every year or every two years, and the process for them once they are allowed in should take no more than Two years - two years they have to prove they will work, obey laws and be productive citizens. Then they can swear in as citizens. I even agree that anchor baby laws should be repealed. But right now they aren't.
The real problem is, what to do about the ones here NOW? We may have to suck it up and grant them an amnesty period to come forward and be processed into the (new, friendlier) system. Will that work? I don't know. I'm not pretending to have all the answers -- and believe me, I do admit we've got a problem.
But I see the problem as something that needs to be solved through a better, logical system, not LAWS!! and prison!! and deportation!! This isn't a middle-eastern country.
In the meantime, if we don't admit what the real problem is, we will never fix it, only continue to blame and vilify *certain* types of immigrants. To me, that's wrong.

God Bless your family. My heart goes out to you and you have all been on my mind since that tragic day. This irresponsible illegal immigrant needs to be punished. I am not saying they all behave this way but there are many out there and getting away with too much. This problem is way out of hand. You will all be in my prayers continually. Your mom is in the arms of God now. Take care of yourselves.

If you've been reading these posts it is not mexicans or immigrants they are talking about,it's ILLLEGALS from anywhere. and yes we all know we came from immigrants......legal ones. Thanks for the info.