[fabsroman]

Hawkeye,

I am not just saying we should build the Great Wall of Mexico, but we should man it and have machine guns every two hundred to three hundred yards. I view the Southern invasion just as I would an invasion by Germany in World War II on the East Coast or Japan on the West Coast. Difference being the Germans and Japanese would try to take over right away and you would know their intentions. With the Southern Invasion, we close our eyes thinking that we won't be taken over by them, but they are doing it over time. Kind of like a really long siege on the US with the citizens not even knowing about it. Can you imagine what the history books will read later in the century.

Andy,

I have a client from Venezuela, and while he is legal and he has started a business here, he has gotten in some trouble. Ultimately, he ended up with 30 days in jail from a VOP on a DUI, but that was after he had 3 incidents of violence and one of driving on a suspended license within a year of his probation. He told me that if he didn't have two kids and his mother here, he would go back to his country. Another thing that got me thinking was that the Judge, in one of the first things I represented him on, asked him if he had gotten into any trouble in South America and the Judge made him take the oath before answering the question. He also asked if he had gotten into any trouble while he was in California (i.e., before he came to Maryland) because I hadn't done a background check in that state.

While in Maryland, he had a driving on suspended in 2001 and a Disorderly Conduct in 1993. Yet, he thinks the system is out to get him.

He ignores me when I tell him that he has to have worker's comp insurance for his 10 employees because he doesn't want to pay the $12,000 a year and he ignored me for quite a while when I told him that he needed insurance on his vehicles. Ultimately, that lack of motor vehicle insurance has gotten him into a ton of trouble. He just does whatever he wants to and barely even cares about the laws. Of course, I know plenty of second and third generation Americans that do the same thing, but they aren't going to leave the country as soon as they get into a little bit of trouble.