2 reports today of men killed border control agents. What do we expect?

[bigtree]

All of the talk of 'strengthening' the border. Apparently, 'protecting' American jobs are worth killing unarmed Mexicans coming into America to work. We even shoot them trying to leave!

Do the folks here who want us to 'toughen' the border generally approve of the killings by our agents of these migrating workers as they flee? If not, what do you expect to happen as the administration moves forward with their plan to militarize the border? More killings would seem to me to be an inevitable consequence of the 'tightening'.

[slackmaster]

1. All that was needed to increase migrant deaths was to build fences

Forcing people to cross over in the middle of the desert.

It doesn't take active behavior to kill people. Behind the high-profile incidents of the last couple of days lie hundreds of people who have died of heat exhaustion.

[Saturday]

2. Tell the whole story please....

one of them was fleeing from authorities on his way INTO Mexico. He was suspected of smuggling illegals.

[slackmaster]

3. Don't mess up the thread by introducing facts into it

Puh-LEEEEEEZE.

[rooney]

5. was the person who was

shot threatening the border patrol agent that shot him, or were they just trying to get away?

[slackmaster]

8. Links

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20060519-9999-1n19border.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12869693

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. How about opened fire, one shot to the agents

is that good enough for you to justify deadly force?

[bigtree]

4. suspected illegals

do they have any evidence of the American jobs they stole?

[Saturday]

6. If those 'suspected' illegals....

weren't illegals maybe he should have stopped. Just sayin'.

[bigtree]

9. ridiculous

[puerco-bellies]

11. Summery execution if you don't stop?

May be you should try thinking about it. "Just sayin'.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. It's a form of terrorism.

And that's just what the minutemen types want.

[madmusic]

10. More "moral panic"

It's all the Repukes have going for them. That's why they love O'Really and FoxNews so much.

[BlooInBloo]

12. This talk of "stealing" jobs is complete and utter bullshit.

Whatever they're doing, they are NOT "stealing" jobs. They're taking jobs that are FREELY OFFERED to them.

If you don't like that, fine, but characterizing it as "stealing" is an out and out lie.

Why be mad at someone who takes what is being offered to them? If you don't like the fact that illegal immigrants are being offered jobs, why don't you bitch at the companies who are GIVING the jobs?