Dan wrote on May 13, 2007 12:40 PM: "Undocumented" is bull crap. It's Illegal. Illegal-don't you get it. Yes many people came to this contry from other places through proper channels. If you failed to enter the US through proper channels you are illegal and you have boke the law. You should be arrested for committing a felony.

Danny wrote on May 13, 2007 01:23 AM: There is more crime caused by people who were born in american than those caused by illegals.We shouldn't use cops to arrest illegals we should use them to catch real criminals. If being illegal is a crime than everyone in america is gulity. Everyone in america came across the Atlantic or pacific ocean. The people who has lived here the longest has been Natiive Americans. We should stop this discrimination towards illegals and focus on the real problem YUCCA MOUNTAIN>}

Steve wrote on May 12, 2007 04:06 PM: The loss of life is a tragedy. All of the parties being illegals just brings to light how large this problem is. While one writer commented that if INS raided casinos half the strip would be closed, that is in fact not true. The corporate casinos do security background checks, the leased operations like those in the article, seem to skip background checks as well as the documentation required by the IRS and INS. It is time to deal with this greater issue and crack down on the employers as well as stop hiring illegals.

Calvin wrote on May 12, 2007 01:09 PM: This unfortunate tragedy offers a glimpse into Nevada politics. The murder victim and his girlfriend were undocumented workers at businesses inside major Las Vegas casinos. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of workers in these situations. Generally, they work in low-paying jobs like housekeeping/food service in the gaming industry. They present easily-obtained forged documents to get their jobs. The employers pretend to make a good faith effort not hire undocumented workers. Why isn't anybody in the Legislature ranting and raving about that? The gaming industry routinely and knowingly exploits undocumented workers- and everybody knows it. Don't wanna show up for your night shift at Nathan's Hot Dogs? OK, maybe we'll happen to find out that your employment documents are forged. Why don't politicians stop worrying about the 0.5% of Millenium Scholarships going to undocumented Nevada high school grads and start asking the gaming industry why it's OK to use undocumented workers as slaves? We need an amnesty worker program for undocumeted Nevadans. We need Nevada politicians to stop using immigration to advance their own self-serving political ambitions.

Joe C wrote on May 12, 2007 10:59 AM: Kim,
As you slam Americans calling them closed minded, uncaring, on welfare. I’ve seen Americans working harder, longer, and for less money and benefits, add living costs and college costs skyrocket.
Wages in jobs you say we won’t do have plummeted displacing Americans, construction, manufacturing, service industry. Jobs for years done by a diversified citizenship and legal immigrant, now mostly done by Spanish speaking illegals, who really don’t seem to care what their presence has done to us.
Since you are so caring about one murder, how many citizens are murdered each year by illegals?
We should be allowing much more dialogue with the issues of illegal immigration and not bullied by those acting so high and mighty that then spew untrue insults. It’s been a shameful effective tactic that should end. Sorry about the family’s loss.

kim wrote on May 12, 2007 10:10 AM: A human being was killed and all you people are concerned is whether he was legal or not. It is true that he wasn't but that isn't the point. HE WAS MURDER!! Have we lost site of that fact- or is it because you people want to complain about something. And not to mention that yes he was doing a job that most Americans wouldn't do- in fear of losing their welfare benefits- Shame on all of you who are close minded enough not to have any pity on the victim- Maybe that will give you something to think about while you are standing in line waiting for your benefits that You as Americans feel you are entitled to!!

Joe C wrote on May 12, 2007 09:55 AM: While there is more crime caused by illegal aliens, we can’t forget one of the biggest reasons for this invasion and who really are the bigger criminals.
Consider the billions spent by big business yearly lobbying for their agendas. Why did they not lobby billions twenty years ago for a bigger guest worker program anticipating worker shortages?
First, there would have to be stats with proof of worker shortages. A sensible legal guest worker program would mean laws protecting American workers wages, and safe working conditions. Plus more oversight to make sure union wages are not undercut; but once you destroy unions, and fair wages, safe working conditions using cheap illegal alien labor, you only have to lobby for a continual flow of cheap labor. All this with a government willing to turn blind eyes.
So lets not forget our biggest criminals and those who conspired to destroy our standard of life, and this includes Mexico.

jay Schoonover wrote on May 12, 2007 09:30 AM: Wow! a person is murdered, and all we can say is that he was an illegal alien. While I do agree with many comments made about illegal immigration, particularly the comments of Mr O'Neill, lets not completely give up our humanity in the name of this cause. Yes the employer(s) mentioned should be investigated

John O'Neill wrote on May 12, 2007 09:12 AM: By the way: The ONLY reason UMC is in the red is the VAST numbers of illegal ailiens who seek treatment there and have thier anchor babies there.

WAKE UP AMERICA
Illegals cause murder
mayhem
crime, overcrowding and take away jobs traditionally held by Americans.

They are not picking lettuce in Vegas; they ARE picking the best blue collar jobs and turning them into jobs that require you to speak spanish to even apply.

Harry Reid ... WAKE UP

John O'Neill wrote on May 12, 2007 09:06 AM: I HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE NATION OF THE UNITED STATES HAS FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE HER BORDERS AND IN DOING SO HAS BECOME DERELICT IN HER DUTY TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THIS LAND; THUS ALLOWING AN INVASION OF UNPRECEDENTED PROPORTIONS BY WHICH THE ENEMY USES DRUGS, PROSTITUTION, USURPATION OF ECONOMY, FALSE BIRTHRIGHT PRIVILEGES, AND SHEER NUMBERS AS TO END THE UNITED STATES. WHERE SHE WILL BECOME NO MORE WHILE OUR POLITICIANS WILL SEEK TO COURT THE NEW NATIVES AND VIE FOR RE-ELECTION , ALL THE WHILE LETTING THE BLOOD OF LIBERTY HERSELF RUN INTO THE RIVERS, LAKES AND OCEANS OF THIS LAND AND THUS DISPELLING IN PERMANENCE ANY FUTURE THAT OUR FOREFATHERS MAY HAVE INTENDED AND BLANDLY BLENDING WITH THE WORLD POPULATION IN THE NAME OF DIFFERENCE (DIVERSITY) AND QUICKLY DILUTING THE VERY SAME IN WHOSE NAME IT WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE ARE ALL DOOMED AS AMERICANS, GOD SAVE THE WORLD, BUT NOT AMERICA.

AS WE CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT THE TREASON THAT OUR LEADERS COMMIT BECAUSE TO ACT IN ANY UNLAWFUL MANNER WOULD BE THE VERY SAME OFFENSE OF WHICH I ACCUSE THE MONSTER OF, IT IS OUR FATE TO SIT AND WATCH THE VERY EXISTENCE OF AN IDEA CALLED FREEDOM DWINDLE AWAY DUE TO THE INADEQUACIES OF LEADERS AND THE SAME’S INABILITY TO CARE FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THE NEXT ELECTION. LIBERTY, THOU ART NO MORE, AND I SPILL MY TEARS AT THE VERY SAME NO MORE.

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