There are many fine immigrants in the US, I encounter some everyday. So, I don't want to appear to be painting everyone with a broad brush. But illegal is illegal - and endorsing illegal behavior of any kind eventually only yields more of the same.
A young illegal immigrant who became a cause celebre in Minnesota after secretly living in a high school for weeks has been arrested here on home invasion charges, months after he was supposed to have left the country.
Francisco Javier Serrano, 22, had waved goodbye to supporters and journalists who saw him off at the Minneapolis airport in January, but he apparently never boarded his plane for his home country of Mexico.
Two weeks ago, police arrested him after finding him with a knife in an apartment in Boston's North End, struggling with the tenant, who was unharmed, The Boston Globe reported Thursday. He remained in Suffolk County Jail facing home invasion charges and eventual deportation.
Good thing citizens and legal residents never commit crimes.
Posted by: Laertes | Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 07:21 PM
Laertes - yes legal citizens do commit crimes, but as an illegal alien he shouldn't have been in this country to commit this crime. Making excuses doesn't cut it.
Posted by: Lucky | Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 10:14 PM
I heard there was real concern that criminals from Mexico were crossing the border, fleeing from their own authorities, not looking for work.
Posted by: IMHERE | Friday, April 14, 2006 at 08:50 AM